“We believe easily what we fear of what we desire.”

The strongest passion is fear.

One returns to the place one came from.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.

The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.

The good, we do it; the evil, that is fortune; man is always right, and destiny always wrong.

Never sell the bear’s skin before one has killed the beast.

But every one has a besetting sin to which he returns.

One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to the butchers trade.

Half of today is better than all of tomorrow.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Imitators are a slavish herd and fools in my opinion.

Nothing weighs on us so heavily as a secret.

Cats know not how to pardon.

O tyrant love, when held by you, We may to prudence bid adieu.

Rogues are always found out in some way. Whoever is a wolf will act like a wolf, that is most certain.

Nothing is as easy or natural as consumer brands want us to think – no problem is as resolvable. Your hair will fall out, eventually. Yet we do have these brands, and we line our shelves with them. There’s an inherent irony.

When a great moment knocks on the door of your life, it is often no louder than the beating of your heart, and it is very easy to miss it.

As a musician, my job is incredibly easy, and it’s a good one, but I’ve got to work at it occasionally.

Many things which nature makes difficult become easy to the man who uses his brains.

The easier it is to do something, the harder it is to change the way you do it.

It is very well to say “be prudent, be careful, try to know each other.” But how are you to know each other?

When everything is easy one quickly gets stupid.

It’s easier to ask for money from the poor than from the wealthy.