Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

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.

Well? Is it true? Did she?""Did she what?""You know. Fall outta the crazy tree and hit every branch on the way down?

The past is just data. I only see the future.

Mean people are really just sad people. They hurt others because they are hurting. Every person is born beautiful, and much of the ugliness in others was put inside of them by other hurting people.

Don't be so familiar and so much into the details. Keep people dreaming. Close the window, and make them wonder.

Thought is the measure of life.

There must be a cloud in my head, rain keeps falling from my eyes

The source of anxiety lies in the future. If you can keep the future out of mind, you can forget your worries.

My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework.

Sometimes we don't know what we want until we don't get it.

Almost no one sings like Elvis Presley any more.