Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger portion of the truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.

The scariest monsters are the ones that lurk within our souls.

I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity.

There is no beauty without some strangeness

All suffering originates from craving, from attachment, from desire.

The believer is happy. The doubter is wise.

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.

Years of love have been forgot, In the hatred of a minute.

And so, being young and dipt in folly, I fell in love with melancholy.

I remained too much inside my head and ended up losing my mind.

They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

One measure of friendship consists not in the number of things friends can discuss, but in the number of things they need no longer mention.

Even the smallest magics can grow.

Always remember, me dear, whether you're listening to a tale or telling one: Every penny piece that's struck has two sides to it.

Fair use is a part of United States copyright law. You don't know if it falls under fair use until you go to court. Someone has to sue you and then you have to challenge it.

Despite his infirmities, Strom Thurmond showed up to work every day and did not miss a Senate vote in his final year, though no one is sure if a shouted 'Bingo!' counted as a yea or a nay.

I think entertainment is a perfectly noble occupation.

What type of legacy do you want to leave?

I loved thee beautiful and kind, And plighted an eternal vow; So altered are thy face and mind, t'were perjury to love thee now!

I told my wife 'hey honey come on, let's make love like the old days.' She asked me for 50 bucks.

My first words, as I was being born [...] I looked up at my mother and said, 'that's the last time I'm going up one of those.