Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.

It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand.

Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's freedom.

The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness.

Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens.

The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.

Cowards' weapons neither cut nor pierce.

Fortune is the best school of courage when she is fraught with anger, in the same way as winds and tempests are the school of the sailorboy.

If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear to be the objects of pity?

High birth is an accident, not a virtue.

'Free Fallin' is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem. But I'm grateful that people like it.

I'm always sad when Dad doesn't like my columns. He waits for them every week and usually likes them, in which case he doesn't say a word - it's only if he's critical that he bothers to call.

... there is much truth in the Italian saying, 'Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.'

I take it very seriously when I take the pulpit. That I'm representing God.

I was surrounded by phonies...They were coming in the goddam window.

I wonder if music is the only expression of the soul that is not hopelessly compromised in communication.

Love itself compensates for any diminishment.

Always behold not only your own smile but also the smile of someone else's joy

...his lips were pure temptation, soft, bitable, sensual in a way only a man's mouth could be.

When I walk into the room, I own it!