There is a self-evident axiom, that she who is born a beauty is half married.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life.

Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.

Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds.

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.

Awareness is above intellect.Intellect is above speech. Speech is above knowledge. For knowledge in itself is just a name.

EACH MORNING I SAY WAKE UP, I GOT A CHANCE TO MAKE UP, MY WRONGS HAS TO BE CLEAN UP, MY PAST IS A BREAK UP, I HAVE TO THINK FOR FUTURE BACK UP.

One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling and divide and shift their attention among a multitude of objects and pursuits.

I believe it's important to be open and honest, especially with your friends.

Exactitude is not truth. [Fr., L'exactitude n'est pas la verite.]

There are so many things to be considered in making music. The whole question of life itself... I know that I want to produce beautiful music, music that does things to people that they need.

Wise women tuck Godly wisdom into the words they speak and even more into the words they choose not to speak.

Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it.

How many diamonds can you retrieve from one single mine; there has to be an end somewhere. I don't see any natural fast bowler after me.

I believe you have to live the songs.