Patience and passage of time do more than strength and fury.

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.

Music is a language - and language, at its finest, should be music.

It is easier to love people than to talk to them.

In effect, nobody who is not from the losing classes has ever been thrust into a death cell in these United States.

Any article's good. Long as it's publicity, I think that's all that matters. I think it's advancement for my career.

The simple secret is this: put your trust in the Lord, do your best, then leave the rest to Him.

I like writing sentences. It's tactile and exciting. Whereas working at the level of the scene is a more cerebral pleasure.

... Societies aren t made of sticks and stones, but of men whose individual characters, by turning the scale one way or another, determine the direction of the whole.

To win respect, the networks seem to feel they have to keep absurdly overstating their anchors' reporting cred

almost any object, including this book you hold, can turn up as Exhibit A in a murder trial.

Gratitude is the most important attitude.