Time's stern tide, with cold Oblivion's wave, Shall soon dissolve each fair, each fading charm.

Let me be content with being happy, without sighing that I am not distinguished.

A masculine education cannot spare from professional study and the necessary acquisition of languages, the time and attention which I have bestowed on the compositions of my countrymen.

Suffer not thy wrongs to shroud thy fate, But turn, my soul, to blessings which remain.

Though just biographical record will touch the failings of the good and the eminent with tenderness.

If I had girls to educate I would not have them learn both music and drawing.

Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgement, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.

True friends are placed together for the purpose of accomplishing great achievements that help others.

It's funny, the very things I needed to learn are the things I was trying to teach you.

Conquer but never triumph.

I train Monday through Saturday. I usually have fitness training for 90 minutes, then I'm on the tennis court for 3 to 4 hours.

I always wanted to be a Sixer. My dad was a Sixers' fan. I never wanted to leave. I wanted to start my career in Philly and finish it here.

The belief that we some day shall be able to prevent war is to me one with the belief in the possibility of making humanity really human.

Anything that gets your blood racing is probably worth doing.

As there is much beast and some devil in man, so is there some angel and some God in him. The beast and the devil may be conquered, but in this life never destroyed.

If you don't know what you want, you'll probably get what somebody else wants.