But I like not these great successes of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.

In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.

Egypt is the gift of the Nile.

Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

Work hard. Work smart. Remain grounded. Serve others and be enthusiastic.

If it wasn't for my sport and my father, I'd probably be a fallen statistic. I'd be dead; I'd be in jail. Luckily, I had a great dad in my life.

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, 'All right, then, have it your way.'

What a country needs to do is be fair to all its citizens - whether people are of a different ethnicity or gender.

I think I learned a lot about not buying into a lot of hype. I wanted to be a kind of faceless entity; I didn't want to be Dhani Harrison and the Muppets or something like that.

I started out old, but I have to say that I've been very lucky to work consistently since I started. I've really never been out of work.

Indeed, one perfect resister is enough to win the battle of Right against Wrong.

The wife hath not power of her own body, but the husband. And in like manner the husband also hath not power of his own body, but the wife.

What is the purpose of life? What is the primary objective of life? To live. To sustain itself.

The courteous driver keeps a safe distance between cars and doesn't drive like one plane trying to refuel another.