Every social organisation which is rooted in life still lasts a long time even after the conditions from which it drew its strength have changed in a manner unfavourable to it.

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.

Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey.

Patriotism is an ephemeral motive that scarcely ever outlasts the particular threat to society that aroused it.

People who make music together cannot be enemies at least while the music lasts.

You are the music while the music lasts.

It ain't often that a man's reputation outlasts his money.

A successful marriage isn't necessarily one that lasts until you're dead.

A wife lasts only for the length of the marriage but an ex-wife is there for the rest of your life.

The love that lasts longest is the love that is never returned.

Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house for hundreds of years. It is not then an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital and often in the case of professional men setting out in life it is their only capital.

I'm constantly thinking about what I'll do next. I never count on music being a career of longevity. I mean longevity is key and I hope that it lasts but you just don't know because it's not in your hands you don't make the decision.

On a soap happiness never lasts for very long!

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon but its echo lasts a great deal longer.

In Hollywood a marriage is a success if it outlasts milk.

Freedom is never easily won but once established freedom lasts spreads and chokes out tyranny.