The hastening of any undertaking begets error, from which great losses are wont to come.

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.

Some things cannot be taught

There is love and then there is fluff. Nothing else.

Laughing in the face of danger doesn't negate the fear, it simply enables you to smile at it.

Karate is not A religion, cult or dogma. It is incumbent on every generation of martial artists, to find the weaknesses of the previous generations, not to revere it . . .

From one point of view becoming is a humiliation, and from another a royal procession.

I am desperately Italian. I believe in the function of Latinity.

Paradise is not the place you go when you die. Paradise is when your mind is in a perfect state.

Like it or not, war is not always the answer. The better part of wisdom is to stay out.

Donald Trump is a good businessman. He knows how to put the deal together. And I think he'd be a - he'll be a very constructive figure in the White House.

I can't get my knickers in a twist about my age and ageing in an industry that caters to the ids of 14-year-olds.