Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Spend your leisure time in cultivating an ear attentive to discourse, for in this way you will find that you learn with ease what others have found out with difficulty.

Religion has caused more harm than any other idea since the beginning of time. There's nothing good I can say about it. People use it as a crutch.

I always felt thrilled and amazed that I could put actor on my tax form.

I don't really like ska.

I think that's what we're all most terrified about: that we'll just die and disappear and we'll leave no trace.

You might be a redneck if the receptionist checks the rat traps at your place of business.

Intelligence comes into being when the mind, the heart and the body are really harmonious.

I'm there to make people laugh. I'm not trying to come across as sexy.

I don't like drugs. I think cocaine is a very bad, habit-forming bore. It's about the most boring drug ever invented.

Honestly, I haven't the time to read contemporary writers. I know this is awful, but in the main it is true.