The intellect has only one failing, which, to be sure, is a very considerable one. It has no conscience.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Friends are God's way of apologizing for your family.

He may be old now, but he is still a hero in their eyes

The most optimistic part of life is its mortality… God is a real genius.

Time passes and the pain begins to roll in and out as though it’s a woman standing at an ironing board, passing the iron back and forth, back and forth across a white tablecloth.

People are concerned, here again, about life, and haven't given a whole lot of attention to how you make fathers responsible for the lives they bring into the world.

There ought to be things we should like to do and cannot do because our charitable expenditures excludes them.

I just want my music to measure up to. Part of it's just thinking about my place in history and how this music is going to be perceived, if it's listened to 30, 40 years from now.

Every morning, I wake up trying to be the best mom and the best role model for my kids in a healthy diet and active lifestyle.

They've not been able to control any Iraqi city. We're waging war against this snake and we will be victorious.

I was always a happy and loving person. Many would say that I was living an idyllic life.