One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made I tried to be an herbalist whereas I should keep to the butcher's trade.

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.

Before you speak words of hatred, so count with peace in your voice to ten.

I've had an exciting life I married for love and got a little money along with it.

The music industry is dominated by guys. I work with men 98 percent of the time - producers, arrangers, musicians, engineers.

The role of leadership is to transform the complex situation into small pieces and prioritize them.

You've got to make haste while it's still light of day.

It was fun to talk too much [as Jebediah Woodley], to keep running your mouth whether the other characters want to hear it or not. That's part of what made this guy fun.

To walk into history is to be free at once, to be at large among people.

I don’t believe in extraordinary concatenations of coincidence.

There is a divine purpose behind everything - and therefore a divine presence in everything.

I shall need, too, the favor of that Being in whose hands we are, who led our forefathers, as Israel of old.