What will happen to me if that which this desire seeks is achieved, and what if it is not?

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

Happiness is man's greatest aim in life. Tranquility and rationality are the cornerstones of happiness.

The things you really need are few and easy to come by; but the things you can imagine you need are infinite, and you will never be satisfied.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

Being happy is knowing how to be content with little

Live your life without attracting attention.

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics.

Faith, like sight is nothing apart from God. You might as well shut your eyes and look inside, and see whether you have sight as to look inside to discover whether you have faith.

Love's an illusion. It's a dream you wake up from with an enormous hangover and net credit debt. I'd rather have cash.

If the Good Lord made a mistake in us people it was in making us want to live when we’ve got the least excuse for it.

I look like Julian Clary on steroids.

I was once kissed on the lips by a giraffe, and I don't think I've ever got over it.

A natural response to a natural phenomenon -that is the secret of success in business and management. You will always win if you rely on common sense.

To me the goal of comedy is to just laugh, which is a really high hearted thing, visceral connection and reaction.

I realized poetry's the thing that I can do 'cause I can stick at it and work with tremendous intensity.

Do not tolerate brilliant jerks. The cost to teamwork is too high.