Safeguarding the rights of others is the most noble and beautiful end of a human being.

Mastery of the emotions is fundamental to a virtuous life.

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Last year I sang for the Queen of England, met the president of the United States, and got an Emmy and a star on The Walk of Fame. And what did I do? I was just being myself.

Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.

It takes a long time to grow young.

Losing your way on a journey is unfortunate. But, losing your reason for the journey is a fate more cruel.

Any place I hang my head is home.

To protect our freedoms, it seems we're going to have to relinquish some of our freedoms for a short period of time.

You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.

If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire, then you got a problem. Everything else is inconvenience.

Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.

Not all things are to be discovered; many are better concealed.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

There's place and means for every man alive.

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

I don't need you to remind me of my age. I have a bladder to do that for me.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

I can't wait to figure out what is wrong with me, so I can say this is the way that I used to be.

It's only terrible to have nothing to wait for.