It takes all of our life to learn how to live, and – something that may surprise you more – it takes just as long to learn how to die.

Life is divided into three parts: what was, what is and what shall be. Of these three periods, the present is short, the future is doubtful and the past alone is certain.

Sorrowers tend to avoid what they are most fond of and try to give vent to their grief.

Oh, what darkness does great prosperity cast over our minds!

Only a mind that is deeply stirred can utter something noble and beyond the power of others.

...it is more civilized to make fun of life than to bewail it.

If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.

Commitment is a thing of choice

Absence from whom we love is worse than death, and frustrates hope severer than despair.

I came to America with a dream and I made it. The dream became reality. America is built for success.

The last time I was in Spain I got through six Jeffrey Archer novels. I must remember to take enough toilet paper next time.

I'm not sure that an athlete is prepared to be a role model. He has a lot of attention paid to him that he shouldn't have, and then the athletes tend to think of themselves as better than they are.

You have your goals. They may be small goals or they may be large goals. As you strive to achieve your goals, sometimes your conditions change and your goals will change as well.

Love grants in a moment what toil can hardly acheive in an age.

Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.

When you start out in comedy, or probably in a lot of things, you want it to happen fast. You don't want to see yourself having to do this for seven years before you start to get some feedback.