The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.

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.

Rich men use most of their money to get richer. Poor men use most of their money to look richer.

Knowing it--knowing it's true is one thing, but believing what you know... well, there's the tough part.

We are brought into this world cold, weak, and helpless. Then it gets worse.

Only thing going through my mind is stay loose and stay fast.

As we take stock of this century of achievement, Ulster Unionists have every reason to feel proud.

Thank you for believing in my weirdness!

These are lies, there is not a word of truth in them.

To create a perfume you have to be the servant of the unconscious. Each idea evolves and transforms, but there should be a surprise with each note.

We should learn to tolerate nuclear weapons of North Korea just like we did the Soviet Union.

Misunderstandi ngs happen because we do not understand that different people have different styles of communication.