To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.

A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.

I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.

You who feel no pain at the suffering of others It is not fitting for you to be called human.

When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.

It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.

The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

I never swear, Monseigneur. I say Yes or No, and as I am a gentleman, I keep my word.

When twilight sleeps holding the nightIn your arms you embrace me tightRunaway hours clenched by kisses More of your love my heart misses

A writer is dear and necessary for us only in the measure of which he reveals to us the inner workings of his very soul.

The main trouble with being an honest man was that it lost you all your illusions.

I've wasted a lot of time pretending to be interested in people who weren't terribly interesting.

In singing and dancing is the voice of the Law.

There's not too many teams that can succeed on and off the field together.

When you have absolutely no idea what's going to happen to you or what your career's going to end up like and you're just really open to anything, then you don't really have anything to loose.

Then of course there are bigger things that matter, like who do I see up there in the congregation? Do I see myself up there? Well, I don't.

Everybody's business is nobody's business.