In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.

My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.

A happy woman is one who has no cares at all; a cheerful woman is one who has cares but doesn't let them get her down.

When you're in love, the whole world is Jewish.

I've always tried to go a step past wherever people expected me to end up.

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.