Nothing indicates the soundness of a man's judgment so much as knowing how to choose between two disadvantages.

A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.

In a major matter no details are small.

Of all the passions, fear weakens judgment most.

Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.

A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody.

Every numerous assembly is a mob; everything there depends on instantaneous turns.

Persecution to persons in a high rank stands them in the stead of eminent virtue.

It's easier to fight one's enemies than to get on with one's friends.

When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity; this is the only way to make it palatable.

Great men help dazzle the people; after that, they dazzle themselves even more dangerously.

Kindness is the greatest love, it is the healing touch, it is the light of our soul, it is a message from the heart.

The only thing what happens in the Houses of Parliament is the debate about foxes, badgers and moles

As a creative person, you need to sort of spread your wings and try different things out because each one really does inform the other.

Our South Australian farmers left their holdings in the hands of their wives and children too young to take with them, but almost all of them returned to grow grain and produce to send to Victoria.

Musicians more than most people are in the moment. That's the dual nature of that job.

Work at it night and day.

Impossible is possible if you put your mind into it and don't give up.

The heart is your student, for love is the only way we learn.

And for the season it was winter, and they that know the winters of that country know them to be sharp and violent, and subject to cruel and fierce storms.