There was a period when I had a hard time reconciling all the different parts of me in a way that I thought would make sense to others.
I actually spend as much time listening to new music as to old. Probably more. I just try to get something out of it all.
You can't ring the bells and, at the same time, walk in the procession.
It is not difficult to govern. All one has to do is not to offend the noble families.
Honestly, I regret not having spanked my kids.
I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.
The busiest man is the happiest man.
I do sell fun.
Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.
Doors open because you're beautiful, but I wouldn't cultivate beauty to the exclusion of brains.
Me and modesty don't mix.
Oh, I have loved him too much to feel no hate for him.
The first submarine not propelled by human power was the French vessel named 'Plongeur'. Launched in 1863, it used compressed air for propulsion.
I do not pay any heed to the negative thoughts, I just go with the plan my team gives me.
Passions unguided are for the most part mere madness.
Below the navel there is neither religion nor truth.
A clear conscience laughs at false accusations.
The winner has many friends, the loser has good friends.
A fool's tongue is long enough to cut his own throat.
Time is a wealth of change, but the clock in its parody makes it mere change and no wealth.
When the sky falls we'll all catch larks.
He that is warm thinks all so.
If you would shoot a general, shoot his horse first.
Silence was never written down.
With money, a dragon - without it, a worm.
Silence is the voice of complicity.
Do not rejoice at my grief, for when mine is old yours will be new.
If the mountain won't come to mohammed, mohammed must go to the mountain.
Before telling secrets on the road, look in the bushes.
The eye that sees all things else, sees not itself.
