I am strangely addicted to the writing of long letters, which, I am afraid, tire you; and for the future, I believe, I must be less communicative, in order to be less troublesome.

What the eye does not see, the heart does not rue

prayer must be, in its own nature, absurd and impertinent.

Avarice, with all its black attendants, is confessedly a crime of old age, and seldom arrives at maturity till accompanied with gray hairs.

How tedious is time, when his wings are loaded with expectation!

Oaths and curses are a proof of a most heroic courage, at least in appearance, which answers the same end.

swearing is, as I have said, learning to the ignorant, eloquence to the blockhead, vivacity to the stupid, and wit to the coxcomb.

Virtue is the music of the soul, the harmony of the passions.

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.

That fighting of a battle without belief is, I think, the sorriest task which ever falls to the lot of any man.

As life is a breath, savoring is a held exhale, a placeholder for joy.

I need music. It's like my heartbeat, so to speak. It keeps me going no matter what's going on - bad games, press, whatever!

I'd like to show how 'intimations of mortality brought on by aging family members' connects with 'the hatred of mirrors that begins in middle age.

It's very important that we start creating new content again. We can only build on nostalgia so much before we have nothing left to build on.

The truth often sounds paradoxical.

there's no use trying to live in other people's opinions. The only thing to do is live in your own.

Have you ever been tempted to start your own business? First read this cautionary tale, especially if you think your ideas come from God.

Sport is a universal language, building more bridges between people than anything else I can think of.