Oh, the cares of men! how much emptiness there is in human concerns!

You follow words of the toga (language of the cultivated class). [Lat., Verba togae sequeris.]

Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?

He who conquers, endures.

Bad advice is often most fatal to the adviser.

Your knowing a thing is nothing, unless another knows you know it.

The belly is the giver of genius.

Each man has his own desires; all do not possess the same inclinations.

The belly (i.e. necessity) is the teacher of art and the liberal bestower of wit.

Nothing can be born of nothing; nothing can be resolved into nothing.

It is pleasing to be pointed at with the finger and to have it said, "There goes the man." [Lat., At pulchrum est digito monstrari et dicier his est.]

Once upon a time, there was a story. But no one to tell it.

I can't remember when I wasn't an animal rights activist.

Elvis, he was unique. And he loved the blues, it was a pity he didn't do more.

Dream no small dream; it lacks magic. Dream large. Then make the dream real.

Full of love for all things in the world, practicing virtue, in order to benefit others, this man alone is happy.

A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.

The denigration of those we love always detaches us from them in some degree. Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers.

I hate exercising self-control.

Don't be told something is impossible. There's always a way.

I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't go out of my way to do it.