If you had half as much brains as you have beard, you would have looked before you leaped.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

There's smoke in my iris, but I painted a sunny day on the insides of my eyelids

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

If love is the answer could you rephrase the question?

When we were touring heavily in America, we based ourselves there for a couple of years, but now we're all back here and it seems to be the place.

You can't get better at things you never play.

I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep.

What helped me most were my failures and slumps - when I couldn't get work, people weren't interested in me or had written me off.

My father, a mining engineer and colliery manager, gave his brood many advantages not least of which, for me, was his love of singing which gave music a central place in our lives.

The judgment of music, like the inspiration for it, must come slow and measured, if it comes with truth.

It is psychological law that whatever we desire to accomplish we must impress upon the subjective or subconscious mind.

I really enjoyed being a blonde. Men were more friendly and flirtatious. My face looked more worldly. It took the innocence away. It could be the new me.

To know and not to act is not to know.