The same vices which are huge and insupportable in others we do not feel in ourselves.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

No road is to long for him who advances slowly and does not hurry and no attainment is beyond his reach who equips himself with patience to achieve it

Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.

The spendthrift robs his heirs the miser robs himself.

A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.

Courtly manners are contagious; they are caught at Versailles.

We are more sociable, and get on better with people by the heart than the intellect.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

A formal education will teach you how to conform with society. Self-education will teach you how to get out of conformity so that you can fill your life with adventure and beauty.

Keep in mind that many people have died for their beliefs

Sometimes when I remember we aren't the same person, it shocks me.

Anytime you testify you have some amount of increase or the other, God does not want you to get satisfied

The Secret of Happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word something or how they'd inflect it.

I had never made a record before, so I didn't know anything about it. I don't know anything about knobs, frequencies, tones.

I think we all have a love/hate relationship with the media.

I don't have a computer. I'm going to wait until that whole fad is over. I was suckered in on the Pet Rock. Not twice, people.

You need lucky breaks to be successful.