In everything one must consider the end.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Well, that's an evil smile...

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

I've always done everything at my disposal to avoid labeling what I do, or to avoid being labeled myself

People who live in the now; those people make things happen.

Nuclear weapons and TV have simply intensified the consequences of our tendencies, upped the stakes.

Individuals because of their identity can't render an impartial judgment is just deeply offensive and contrary to all the ideals of the judicial system that we value.

Simplicity is a delicate imposition.

Have you ever felt worse after a run?

My first hip-hop performance was at Carnegie Hall with Wyclef, ... I got a little feature and he announced me as the 'hip-hop violinist.' The next night I played at the Apollo.

A brand is simply trust.