Constancy in a man is rare.

To get over the guilt of drinking, take your brandy in milk. This way, it becomes medicinal.

The only thing I want from my money is to die in comfort.

It's no good saying one thing and doing another.

Those who say they would write a book if only they had time will never become authors.

Her love for him was almost like a pain in itself.

And, like the prodigal son, he had returned broken in body and also in mind to the house where he had been born, and he and his child had been welcomed with open arms.

Who wanted to live to a hundred and one? Who wanted to go on living at all at times?

Try not to worry, for time is a great healer.' Such words were futile.

You have limited time on this planet. Convert each moment into Perl by spreading happiness. Giving is much more fulfilling than taking.

No army is comprised of all the same kinds of units or types of troops. There is power in diversity. If you always see only one choice, or use only one option, you will surely lose more than you win.

Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.

I began to learn what poverty meant. It was burnt in my heart then that my father had to beg for work and there came the resolve that I would cure that when I got to be a man.

It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens out.

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." - Harkat Mulds (Hunters of the Dusk)

Mystery is made a convenient Cover for absurdity.

I see Hillary [Clinton] as a calculating politician without any vision. It depends what the next thing is that they calculate she needs to say.

The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to revise usually signals an amateur.

Happiness and success in life are not the result of what we have, but rather of how we live. What we do with the things we have makes the biggest difference in the quality of life.