Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something.

I am fully supportive of 'open service' and committed to LGBT military families.

I'd like to make as much art as I possibly can before I die, so I'm working on a few things.

I had a guitar leaning against the wall and I'd squint at it. It was almost like a dog that had been kicked - I didn't think I had anything to offer it.

Yul Brynner's performance in "The King and I," . . . can no longer be regarded as a feat of acting or even endurance. After 30-odd . . . Mr Brynner is, quite simply, The King.

Wisdom sets bounds even to knowledge.

My view is Fox News is a propaganda outlet for the Republican Party and I don't comment on Fox News.

Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That's my plan [for 2011].

Many people are so poor because the only thing they have is money.

I'm going to wait til the midnight hour, that's when my love begins to shine.