A defeat to a brave man is only a victory deferred.

We can all be heroes in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives.

Better an ugly face than an ugly mind.

The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.

Style in painting is the same as in writing,-a power over materials, whether words or colors.

Regrets over the past should chasten the future.

Twilight is like death; the dark portal of night comes upon us, to open again in the glorious morning of immortality.

An inherent sense of man makes him long for an eternal paradise.

Newspapers are the world's mirrors.

There is no heart without remorse, no life without some misfortune, no one but what is something stained with sin.

It is a sure sign of a mind not balanced as it ought to be, when it is insensible to the pleasures of the domestic hearth, and to the little joys and endearments of a family.

Social values, friends, communities and families control our thoughts.

Sometimes a lie builds until the truth does more harm than good

Mama said, "Dreams are different to real life but important too."

Speaking as a New Yorker, I found [September 11] a shocking and terrifying event, particularly the scale of it.

When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.

The purest suffering bears and carries in its train the purest understanding.

At Gatling-gun tempo word-perfect the first time out. the journalistic equivalent of a high-wire front somersault without a net.

Just because you have a blog doesn't mean that you should, like, lie for no reason.

Axl [Rose] is not the type of person to make something up. So I was sort of shocked that he went that direction. That caused me a lot of problems.

It's been over 15 years since I toured... over 12 years since I did any recording under my own name. I never really intended to take that long of a hiatus.