A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship.

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.

The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

It wasn't that Nanny Ogg sang badly. It was just that she could hit notes which, when amplified by a tin bath half full of water, ceased to be sound and became some sort of invasive presence.

Without love and compassion, nothing is sacred.

I was raised that way: don't get mad, get smart.

Some temptations come to the industrious, but all temptations attack the idle

The last time I took drugs, I probably took more than anybody could survive.

I'm really into production and I'm also into producing my own sound because the sonics, in a way, is the language.

"Who am I?" is not really a question because it has no answer to it; it is unanswerable. It is a device, not a question.

The responsibility of an architect is to create a sense of order, a sense of place, a sense of relationship.

Some days, I'm as shallow as a baking pan, but I still stretch miles in all directions.

I started my career at the top and have been working my way downwards ever since.