Truth is the object of philosophy, but not always of philosophers.

Half our mistakes in life arise from feeling where we ought to think, and thinking where we ought to feel.

In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.

Never trust a man who speaks well of everybody.

If we knew each other's secrets, what comforts we should find.

There is often less danger in the things we fear than in the things we desire.

Always mistrust a subordinate who never finds fault with his superior.

The secret of success in life is known only by those who have not succeeded.

A fool often fails because he thinks what is difficult is easy.

Never claim as a right what you can ask as a favor.

Envy and fear are the only passions to which no pleasure is attached.

Never do the eyes of the devil shine as much as when he hears the words: liberty, equality, fraternity.

My dad was a bass player in a Latino band when I was growing up. So we always had musical instruments in our basement.

As coaches we talk about two things: offense and defense. There is a third phase we neglect, which is more important. It's conversion from offense to defense and defense to offense.

The state is not abolished, it withers away.

Men are in fact, quite unable to control their own inventions; they at best develop adaptability to the new conditions those inventions create.

Every thought we think and every word we speak is an affirmation of what we believe about life and it's the same with magnetism.

A living faith cannot be manufactured by the rule of majority

When a record co. finds a guy now, they want to own everything. They want to own the rights to market that person's particular name. They want a piece of the action all the way through.

The greatest of all mysteries is the man himself.

I really love being in London at weekends - there's always so much to do.