To hell with pleasure that's haunted by fear.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Why is it so hard to articulate love yet so easy to express disappointment?

You need a companion for your thought process, more than a physical relationship.

I compensate for big risks by always doing my homework and being well-prepared. I can take on larger risks by reducing the overall risk.

All failures are so because they lack social interest.

The biggest thing for me is the new music. I'm playing a lot of new music that is not released yet on my tours. Seeing the reaction to that is super inspiring.

Any man who has been given the honor of being promoted to general and who says, "I will protect another general who protects Communists," is not fit to wear that uniform, general.

One who can find lemons sweet and grapes sour is ready for Dame Fortune.

The unhappy are prisoners of a single round of thought.

When he reached the New World, Cortés burned his ships. As a result his crew was well-motivated.

Getting picked is fine if it happens to you. But it's not a plan. It's a version of waiting and hoping.