Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.

People's opinions of themselves are legible in their countenances.

As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.

Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped.

Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.

Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society, the corrupter of manners, and the underminer of property.

A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading.

Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impotence, folds its arms in despair.

A thousand Dreams within me softly burn:From time to time my heart is like some oakWhose blood runs golden where a branch is torn.

I don't care what people say about how I look or even their opinion on my relationship. But the moment you judge my character is when we have a problem.

Whoever is not able to sacrifice, has no talent for love.

My nails are my rhythm section when I'm writing a song all alone. Some day, I may cut an album, just me and my nails.

There is a technical solution to every political problem...

Because he (the Sage) opposes no one, no one in the world can oppose him.

I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the circumstances allowed for it to be able to show.

To be enlightened doesn't mean you end up stupefied and unable to function.

To be alone by being part of the universe-fitting in completely to an environment of woods and silence and peace. Everything you do becomes a unity and a prayer. Unity within and without.

Discipline is not a restriction but an aid to freedom.