Do not doubt a woman's power to aid; no toil Can daunt a pure affection.

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

Neither the wrath of Heaven nor the attacks of enemies are as fatal as Pleasure alone when she infects the mind.

Where two take counsel there is no lack of plans.

Virtue herself is her own fairest reward.

Nothing fairer than peace is given to man to know; Better one peace than countless triumphs

Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.

It is when we are in misery that we revere the gods; the prosperous seldom approach the altar.

Killing the dog does not cure the bite.

I don't think that you can write music if you don't know how to play an instrument. You have to know the basics, then you can go forward.

I do not sell life insurance. I sell money. I sell dollars for pennies apiece. My dollars cost 3 cents per dollar per year.

You know, you find that these stories ... will turn one of us into the good guy and one of us into the bad guy. If you look at it closely or even not that closely ... it's ridiculous.

I suppose that I'm fairly comfortable with the clown hat on.

In the battle between the heart and the mind, winners always listen to their hearts

You get nothing but the truth from me.

I don't know why anybody would be in awe of me.

I was the one that allegedly "quit and joined my old band." That wasn't true. But it was said so matter-of-factly on the Internet that the guys weren't really sure what I was up to.

A man can only grow to a certain point when alone; to grow further you need some "irrational shocks", like a wife and children; a dramatic change to your own life.