“Sensible people find nothing useless.”

It is no use running; to set out betimes is the main point.

I bend and do not break.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it.

We ought to consider the end in everything.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

A mountain in labour shouted so loud that everyone, summoned by the noise, ran up expecting that she would be delivered of a city bigger than Paris; she brought forth a mouse.

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.

Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who are women in this regard.

To live lightheartedly but not recklessly; to be gay without being boisterous; to be courageous without being bold; to show trust and cheerful resignation without fatalism – this is the art of living.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

We heed no instincts but our own.

The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself.

All the brains in the world are powerless against the sort of stupidity that is in fashion.

If you deal with a fox, think of his tricks.

Still people are dangerous.

I must be more sensible and realize that at my age, illusions are hardly permitted and they will always destroy me.

When you are on the management side, you still have to understand the artistic sensibility so that there is a dialogue with the creative side.

The only sensible way to live in this world is without rules.

Raftaar is a sensible musician and respects women, music, and his fans!

All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.

A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

Silly things do cease to be silly if they are done by sensible people in an impudent way.