I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

If you want to keep something concealed from your enemy, don't disclose it to your friend.

I am better able to retract what I did not say than what I did.

As long as a word remains unspoken, you are its master; once you utter it, you are its slave.

Plan for this world as if you expect to live forever; but plan for the hereafter as if you expect to die tomorrow.

All men have one entrance into life, and the like going out.

The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.

Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.

Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

My friend is he who will tell me my faults in private.

Thou hast created me not from necessity but from grace.

And when I was born, I drew in the common air, and fell upon the earth, which is of like nature; and the first voice which I uttered was crying, as all others do.

A wise man's question contains half the answer.

One is punished by the very things by which he sins.

Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.

A wise man’s question contains half the answer.

A tiny fly can choke a big man.

Most people, if you live in a big city, you see some form of schizophrenia every day, and it's always in the form of someone homeless. 'Look at that guy - he's crazy. He looks dangerous.' Well, he's on the streets because of mental illness. He probably had a job and a home.

You are the one who can stretch your own horizon.

It's always a danger when you've got a great quarterback that throws the ball well, that scrambles well. You may push him into his asset. You may force him to do what he does best. So you've got to be able to throw curveballs and stop the pass as much as stop the run.

I believe you should live each day as if it is your last, which is why I don't have any clean laundry, because, come on, who wants to wash clothes on the last day of their life?

When your nails are part of your outfit, they become more than nails. They become an accessory.

I haven't read the 'Twilight' books. But it's everywhere so I feel like I know it. Edward, Bella, Jacob, etc. but... I haven't read them.

Lust is the difference between loving someone and being in love with someone.

I was pretty young when my father was prime minister, so it wasn't really a big part of my life. My folks were away a lot, meeting foreign dignitaries and that sort of thing, but it never struck me as odd. If anything it allowed me to get into all sorts of mischief.

Kevin Gates is probably the smartest person I've ever worked with. He's cool, he's crazy, but he's genius.

I am happy to be who I am where I am and when I am.

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.

Dont give your money to the church. They should be giving their money to you.

Many of the lessons we are to learn in mortality can only be received through the things we experience and sometimes suffer. And God expects and trusts us to face temporary mortal adversity with His help so we can learn what we need to learn and ultimately become what we are to become in eternity.

I'm age-appropriate. I dress age-appropriately, I choose mates age-appropriately. I'm a big believer in people should act their age.

Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.

To deprecate human reason by saying that none of us is or can be omniscient is absurd, for it takes an impossible standard as the judge of a possible and real condition. All of our knowledge we get from the exercise of our reason; to say that no man can be God and know everything is to take an irrational standard of evaluation.

Love is the intuitive knowledge of our hearts.

The most important thing in communication is hearing what isnt said.

Genius is ninety percent perspiration and ten percent inspiration.

Good bands won't get famous anymore unless they get really lucky.

But really, I can only be dangerous for the team in one place, and that is in the box.

What I know most is that the difference between us is what makes us interesting and attractive and problematic and exciting and vital to each other. Give me difference over indifference any day.

The universality of tattooing is a curious subject for speculation.

Let us train our minds to desire what the situation demands.