The eyes of a man are of no use without the observing power. Telescopes and microscopes are cunning contrivances, but they cannot see of themselves.

Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.

Be as careful of the books you read as the company you keep.

When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.

There are few positions in life in which difficulties have not to be encountered. These difficulties are, however, our best instructors, as our mistakes often form our best experience.

Weeds grow sometimes very much like flowers, and you can't tell the difference between true and false merely by the shape.

There's more to a person than flesh. Judge others by the sum of their soul and you'll see that beauty is a force of light that radiates from the inside out.

You only get fulfillment when you work in your land of promise

She may have been the one whose name meant music, but his sounded like it. Saying it made her want to sing it, to lean out a window and call him home. To whisper it in the dark.

Choose your friends carefully but don’t worry about your enemies, they will choose you

And who will fight Ashur? Choose carefully, for I long for blood.

I don't believe you outsource your convictions and principles to people.

I've signed a contract with the Dutch national team until 2006. So I can win the World Cup not once but twice.

I saw people who were hostile; they had felt so much hurt that hostility was their only defense against being crushed again.

I work really, really hard and it's challenging going through all of those time zones and having to be awake when you're supposed to be asleep. I literally fly more than a pilot.

If there was more courting in marriage, there'd be fewer marriages in court. Date your mate. Today.