A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

I do not think white America is committed to granting equality to the American Negro. This is a passionately racist country it will continue to be so in the foreseeable future.

There is a cliche that men want their women to be ladies in public and hookers behind closed doors. I want my woman to be the sharper image robot so that she can be turned off.

Oh, am I wearing an ascot? I didn't notice.

I would just love to do something where I'd have to train and work really hard and do one of those types of action movies, which a lot of women are doing now

Longevity is the key to success.

I don't have a computer. I am the Luddite of rock'n'roll, I don't have a portable phone. I write things down.

Righteousness exalteth a nation.

Art can be engaged in the world without being specifically politically engaged.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

DEI without Dale Earnhardt Jr. is a museum.