Redemption from sin is greater then redemption from affliction.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

It is never too late to be wise.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.

My daughter, dad where do homeless people come from? My answer, everywhere.

Her cuisine is limited but she has as good an idea of breakfast as a Scotchw

I have a very childish attitude to books - a very non-analytic enthusiasm... like Alice falling down the chute.

I love hip-hop music, ... It's rebel music is how I like to speak about it. Hip-hop and reggae come from the same community as far as class...they both come from the bottom of society.

I feel that bands can do whatever they want, after all, they own themselves and the art/music they create.

Life is for my own to live my own way.

Conductors do not know how the oboe does its work, but they know what the oboe should contribute.

If I had wanted only to make lots of money, I would have chosen a different profession.

Wearing cosmetics that were tested on animals makes you ugly on the inside