Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are repaid with hatred instead of gratitude.

The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government.

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay; falsehood by haste and uncertainty.

Men are more ready to repay an injury than a benefit, because gratitude is a burden and revenge a pleasure

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion.

If you would know who controls you see who you may not criticise.

In valor there is hope.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

Traitors are hated even by those whom they prefer.

The most seditious is the most cowardly.

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

A beautiful battle is one you don't have to fight

I'm not really big on slapstick humor. I like gentle humor.

Tis the common disease of all your musicians that they know no mean, to be entreated, either to begin or end.

Total war is the most humane in the long run.

I'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.

Every day in every way, I am increasing my mental and physical capacity. I am reversing my biological age.

My hair is pretty wavy. And it's coarse and color-treated so I'm big on conditioner and conditioning masks.

I own a hundred and fifty books, but I have no bookcase. Nobody will lend me a bookcase.

I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was.

I used to have some fish, some nice little carp, but they got too big for the tank. I don't have any pets now.