All persons are not discreet enough to know how to take things by the right handle.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Those who have failed to work toward the truth have missed the purpose of living.

When certain seeds are planted, they nearly always grow.

My brother and sister are both older than I am and were born before my father went off to World War I.

Music definitely gave me a focus. I was an artist without an outlet. Let's just say if I was not famous, I could have been infamous. I could've had my own episode of 'American Gangster.'

I'm a big believer in what's called personalized medicine, which refers to customizing your health care to your specific needs based on your physiology, genetics, value system and unique conditions.

I will not let you go into the unknown alone.

The wretcheder one is, the more one smokes; and the more one smokes, the wretcheder one gets-a vicious circle.

I'm a great believer in the competitive system, and think that competition will bring us greater innovation and put American industry in information ahead of everyone also.

Bagel in the morning is the ultimate breakfast for me; they're just good.

I can be on the Tonight Show, but not with Johnny [Carson]. He uses my name in his monologue all the time.