The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.

I am thankful that thorns have roses.

All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they have, and that which they think they have.

Botany is the art of insulting flowers in Greek and Latin.

Love is the most terrible, and also the most generous of the passions; it is the only one which includes in its dreams the happiness of someone else.

Every man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has.

If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by our friends the murderers.

Uncertainty is the worst of all evils until the moment when reality makes us regret uncertainty.

If men knew all that women think, they would be twenty times more audacious.

Avoid all haste; calmness is an essential ingredient of politeness.

People here had redwood trees in their backyards. You were never far from the infinite.

Nobody is going to buy from you because you have quota to meet. They are going to buy from you because they see the value in doing so.

Be wild; that is how to clear the river.

My first concert makes me sound like a real old man. My very first concert was Jackie Wilson.

Cultivate virtue in yourself, and it will be true.

Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that of which he feels no want.

Vos vestros servate, meos mihi linquite mores You keep to your own ways, and leave mine to me

I played team sports, but I never felt like I fitted in that well, so this allowed me to be part of a community but to do it in my own way.

You never really see me acting a fool on TV.

Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give, And in the light of truth thy bondman let me live!