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Hunger, revenge, to sleep are petty foes, But only death the jealous eyes can close.
Yesterday's home runs don't win today's games.
I like food. I like eating. And I don't want to deprive myself of good food.
Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation.
I'm a good dad; I spend a lot of time with my kids.
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
Work gives you meaning and purpose and life is empty without it.
I die the king's faithful servant, but God's first.
The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.
Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.
The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you. Have faith in yourself and in the direction you have chosen.
Manners is the key thing. Say, for instance, when you're growing up, you're walking down the street, you've got to tell everybody good morning. Everybody. You can't pass one person.
Celebrate what you want to see more of.
I mean, I look at my dad. He was twenty when he started having a family, and he was always the coolest dad. He did everything for his kids, and he never made us feel like he was pressured. I know that it must be a great feeling to be a guy like that.
So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods.
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning.
There is no greater glory than love, nor any greater punishment than jealousy.
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.