[B]ut in literature, it should be remembered, a thing always becomes his at last who says it best, and thus makes it his own.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

twice I have lived forever in a smile

Oh, what a tangled web we weave...when first we practice to deceive.

The artist is always beginning. Any work of art which is not a beginning, an invention, a discovery is of little worth.

I write letters to you that you’ll never see.

The Second Amendment has no place in modern society.

Being in a rock n' roll band was like being in a Sherman tank. Nothing got to you. You were surrounded and protected by men.

Even a fool learns something once it hits him.

What's the point of having a library full of books you've already read?

When you do reality, you have to be pretty careful. You have to almost monitor yourself to make sure that you don't get yourself in situations that you shouldn't [be in].

I knew I was going to have success here.