The Colchians, Ethiopians and Egyptians have thick lips, broad nose, woolly hair and they are burnt of skin.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.

In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.

Egypt is the gift of the Nile.

Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

Love is a combination of care, commitment, knowledge, responsibility, respect and trust.

If one is forever cautious can one remain a human being?

You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.

Sometimes good days are not always fun, sometimes they are good because of how hard they were and gratifying for those reasons.

I love to entertain. And I love the sound of people enjoying themselves.

The whole gospel is contained in Christ.

I like country music. I'm not going to lie. I'm from the South, and I grew up on it. My dad was a country singer-songwriter, so it's in my blood, and I love it.

The issue is that we, with our fears, our attacks, our judgments, our blame, and our constant emphasis on the realm of the body rather than the realm of love, eclipse the experience of true love.

I do enjoy wearing a little heel when I'm at work, but when I'm running around with my son, it's a different story!

I'm the only instrument that's got the words, so I've got to be able to get that across.