“Smooth words in place of gifts.”

It is a great plague to be too handsome a man.

If anything is spoken in jest, it is not fair to turn it to earnest.

And so it happens oft in many instances; more good is done without our knowledge than by us intended.

You will stir up the hornets.

He gains wisdom in a happy way, who gains it by another’s experience.

There are games in which it is better to lose than win.

I am myself my own commander.

The man who would be fully employed should procure a ship or a woman, for no two things produce more trouble.

If you do anything well, gratitude is lighter than a feather; if you give offense in anything, people’s wrath is as heavy as lead.

He who has in due season become rich, unless he saves in due season, will in due season starve.

Every one can remember that which has interested himself.

The gods give that man some profit to whom they are propitious.

Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt.

If you have overcome your inclination and not been overcome by it, you have reason to rejoice.

When you fly from temptation, don’t leave a forwarding address. Where there’s smoke there’s fire.

He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.

All in all it was a smooth race, the car was very well balanced. I’m very proud to be the first winner here in India.

Because my lower body is quiet, I need a full shoulder turn to generate power and speed. Keep your tempo smooth, and with the quiet lower body, you don’t have to worry about losing your balance.

See, there’s only two theaters, man that are set up pretty groovy all around for music and for smooth stage changes, good lighting and all that – the Fillmore and The Capitol Theatre. And those are the only two in the whole country.

If the lecture is good, then everything is too smooth. That’s the same in music: if the performance is too good, you really don’t enjoy it, because it just goes by, and you can never penetrate into the heart of it.

When I look fast, I’m not smooth and I am going slowly. And when I look slow, I am smooth and going fast.

There was a lot of stuff [in Rock of Ages] that had effects in it and I thought it was too smooth.

If you think life is a smooth sea, you will soon be awakened from this sweet dream by the slap of a bitter wave!

When the life is wavy, keep your mind smooth!