Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves.

Practice is everything. This is often misquoted as Practice makes perfect.

Freedom is a clear conscience.

He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.

Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.

Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.

He who assists the wicked will in time rue it.

Democracy is better than tyranny.

He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succor meets with ruin.

However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble.

Nothing is impossible to industry (fortitude).

One of the greatest keys to happiness is learning how to accept reality while stretching forth to create a new one.

Love is circumstantial we can love anyone if need be and losing the one we love is the singular catastrophe. Time does not heal it. Every present moment yearns for even the roughest past.

If you are not using your mind for self-torture, why would you think of peace?

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

Believe me, the hardest thing for a man to give up is that which he really doesn't want, after all.

It is grievous to be caught.

People sometimes actually get me to think I take things too seriously and maybe I'm too earnest and it's coming across like I'm better than them.

Educating our young girls is the foundation for Nigerias growth and development.

I eye Chuy like a pitcher in baseball does when a guy leads too far off base.

While I'm quite happy and love doing the atmospheric and quirky stuff, the melodic stuff, I've done quite a lot of. It's also another reason why I try not to do two or three at the same time.