The worst of all States is the democratic State.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

Confess your sins, pray towards the Heavens and be set free from all bondages.

When Time is spent, Eternity begins.

If you were a cloud, and sailed up there, You'd sail on water as blue as air, And you'd see me here in the fields and say: 'Doesn't the sky look green today?

the one who doesnt play, doesnt win anything, but he actually looses somehting, {playing}

The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.

You cannot impart what you do not possess.

Anybody can have a life. Careers are hard to come by.

Believe it or not, fame is not as glamorous as it seems. I think it is much harder now with all of the media outlets, and people can be pretty nasty and harsh.

Civil disobedience is the assertion of a right which law should give but which it denies.

What I have done in my nine year career was just a glimpse of what I can do.