No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.]

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.

Of all the Wonders in the World, the greatest wonder of all, was sharing it with you.

My sister is totally my dad's daughter because she loves sports.

Land really is the best art.

When grace is joined with wrinkles, it is adorable. There is an unspeakable dawn in happy old age.

A random sequence is one that cannot be algorithmically compressed : the shortest description of a random sequence is simply the sequence itself.

No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security.

They paint me as a villain, I just autograph the artwork.

Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow.

The more you’re willing to risk, the more God can use you. And if you’re willing to risk everything, then there is nothing God can’t do in you and through you.

You can't love anyone or anything until you love your own existence first. Love can only grow out of a respect for your own life.