It was the smile which runs before a promise.

He who steps on stones is glad to feel the smallest spray of moss beneath his feet.

Do we fear suffering or apathy most? Is it from experience or the monotony of a commonplace existence that we quickest flee?

The finger of suspicion never forgets the way it has once pointed.

There is no suffering like a child's, terrified by a secret which it dare not for some reason disclose.

It would never do for me to lose my wits in the presence of a man who had none too many of his own.

Though I have had no adventures, I feel capable of them.

The very shadows seem to listen.

faces deceive, and the loveliness of youth is not like the loveliness of age - an absolute mirror of the soul within.

The hand will often reveal more than the countenance.

a woman with a secret may be a fascinating study, but she can never be a safe, nor even satisfactory, companion.

REMEMBERwhenever wherever you are.you're representing someone or something

Happiness is there when you have great imagination and vision, when you take relentless action and love your creation.

I progressed through so many different styles of music through my teen years, both as a player and a vocalist, particularly the jazz and pop of the early 20th Century.

I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.

Experts say that if we go to war with Iraq, oil could reach as much as $80 a barrel. Of course, after the war it will be free.

So comes a reck'ning when the banquet's o'er, The dreadful reckn'ning, and men smile no more.

I love sailing and water sports; whether it's water skiing, body boarding or surfing or simply swimming in the ocean.

Essentially the soul of the planet is being controlled by corporations.

Living inside the shuttle was a little like camping out. We ended up sleeping in our seats. You had to pay attention to housekeeping, not get things too dirty.

Only a weak person needed someone else around all the time.