It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.

In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world is merely composed of actors.

It is easier to understand mankind in general than any individual man.

Who you are is much greater than who you pretend to be

I find a therapy in playing music, in many different ways.

I will work every single day to make sure that America continues to be the greatest nation on earth.

With all the negativity in the world, I want to do something positive.

I was very comfortable on the set of Lost. I was so nervous when I went on to the set because I had just watched all the Lost episodes. I was, like, a fan. A big fan.

The Lord uses his flail of tribulation to separate the chaff from the wheat.

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

The cello is like a beautiful woman who has not grown older, but younger with time, more slender, more supple, more graceful.

Sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to.