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

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

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.

A person's worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself.

Music is like a psychiatrist. You can tell your guitar things that you can't tell people. And it will answer you with things people can't tell you.

Every time we choose our past over our present, we kill our future.

It's Coke, my man. You really think I'm going to let you pour any more alcohol into your body tonight?

When I go to a bar, I don't go looking for a girl who knows the capital of Maine.

I think 'ambitious' is one of those adjectives used for women in a derogatory way.

There is one privilege we'll never lose; currently it's called nationality. It means that everyone was born somewhere, which is infact self-evident.

I'm afraid because some police are way out of control. My true feeling with police is this: If they do their job, there's no problem.

There are good photographers who might elevate themselves to the ranks of the great simply by burning most of their work.

Most of the founders of this country had day jobs for years. They were not career politicians. ... We need leaders with experience in the real world, not experience in the phony world of politics.

I have very little patience for ignorant, incompetent people who don’t care that they’re ignorant and incompetent.