It would be a kind of ferocity to reject indifferently all sorts of praise. One should be glad to have that which comes from good men who praise in sincerity things that are really praiseworthy.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Adults are obsolete children.

I'm just saying stupid, funny things when I'm hanging out on the TV show. When I'm making music I'm in a completely different zone.

I was a 12 year old kid in Northern Idaho listening to Billie Holiday and Lena Horne and Sarah Vaughan and Nat King Cole. This whole genre of music is a part of who I am.

I have huge legs, and I never show them - not because of false modesty, I'm just not comfortable.

Not everybody who has a vision is a leader, but every leader has a vision.

Do not be mad because someone is more successful than you are. What have you done lately to (en.hance), enhance your own success?

I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.

They had to match blood type and meet all sorts of things I don't know about.

Seeing John Major govern the country is like watching Edward Scissorhands try to make balloon animals.

I'm a little bit of an amateur political junkie.