Every animal is providentially directed to the use of its proper weapon.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

Wedlock is a padlock.

He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain.

Listeners ne'er hear good of themselves.

He is wise that can make a friend of a foe.

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.

Good words cool more than cold water.

Where love fails we espy all faults.

Only write a story that only you can write.

I pride myself on being the guy who can do Def Comedy Jam and Charlie Rose. And do well on both.

They say there are only two kinds of people on St. Patrick's Day: the Irish, and the people that drive them home.

I have been on my own all my life except during those touring days.

Corruption is simply crime without conscience.

One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction.

The only reality is God. There cannot be another and God is love.

The Soul debases her self, when she sets her affections on any thing but her creator.

One needs to know what the hierarchy of values are from which one takes inspiration, and in a democratic society this is the subject of continuous democratic debate.

The trouble with me is that I like to talk too much.