Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

If you want to have sustained joy, you have to not only make sure that you think right, but you also have to make decisions now that are going to guarantee some joy in the future.

Do not give in too much to feelings. A overly sensitive heart is an unhappy possession on this shaky earth.

Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The people you choose to have around you make all the difference. My family and close friends keep me grounded. You have to have a mind of your own and a strong head on your shoulders. Cricket is the most important thing to me, so the rest of it pales in comparison.

Without exercise, I don’t feel like my head works right.

Waking up every day and loving someone who may or may not love us back, whose safety we can’t ensure, who may stay in our lives or may leave without a moment’s notice, who may be loyal to the day they die or betray us tomorrow – that’s vulnerability.

One of the most mawkish of human delusions is the notion that friendship should be eternal, or, at all events, life-long, and that any act which puts a term to it is somehow discreditable.

We have to distrust each other. It is our only defense against betrayal.

The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable.

It is easy to dismiss the world as ‚irrelevant,‘ or consumed by ‚paranoid anti-Americanism,‘ but perhaps not wise.

Start with God – the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.

If you cry over a guy, then your friends can’t date him. It can’t even be considered.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

I haven’t had that one great love, which is good. I don’t want that to be in the past – I want it to be in the future.

Never injure a friend, even in jest.

Silence is a true friend who never betrays.

Thought and theory must precede all salutary action; yet action is nobler in itself than either thought or theory.

There is, so I believe, in the essence of everything, something that we cannot call learning. There is, my friend, only a knowledge – that is everywhere.

I used to tell my husband that, if he could make me ‚understand‘ something, it would be clear to all the other people in the country.

The best thing is to always keep honest people around, because when you have a bunch of yes men around that know that you’re making a mistake but let you go on with it, that’s when it ruins your mind state as an artist.

We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.

I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.

To learn something but not to do is really not to learn. To know something but not to do is really not to know.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Age doesn’t bother me. So many of my heroes were older guys. It’s the lack of years left that weighs far heavier on me than the age that I am.

Sleeping is no mean art: for its sake one must stay awake all day.

Having a simple career as a musician who liked music was good enough for me.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

Look not at what is contrary to propriety; listen not to what is contrary to propriety; speak not what is contrary to propriety; make no movement which is contrary to propriety.

No face which we can give to a matter will stead us so well at last as the truth. This alone wears well.

Time was when they that feared the Lord spake often to one another; I am afraid that now they more often speak one against another.

You can’t be in love with a Google search.

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

It’s so clear that you have to cherish everyone. I think that’s what I get from these older black women, that every soul is to be cherished, that every flower Is to bloom.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

We all started playing football against our best friends, and I can’t remember a moment where, because it was my best friend, I did not want to win against him.

A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

I’m sick of the tabloids‘ saying I obsess over guys. Why would you obsess over guys? They don’t like it.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

Happy is the hearing man; unhappy the speaking man.

I am at peace with God. My conflict is with Man.

Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.

I’ve told Billy if I ever caught him cheating, I wouldn’t kill him because I love his children and they need a dad. But I would beat him up. I know where all of his sports injuries are.

A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.

You pay a certain penalty for going your own way. A lot of people think you’re nuts, and you’re not as popular with girls as you should be.

Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.

Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.

I think daughters can change the perception of their fathers.

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he’ll be there.

But O, how bitter a thing it is to look into happiness through another man’s eyes.

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.

The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.

I do not want the peace which passeth understanding, I want the understanding which bringeth peace.

All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I’d worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: ‚Don’t hide these things from me. I’d rather you ask me these things straight out, and I’ll answer all your questions.‘

Sleep is the best meditation.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.