Fame nowadays is little else but notoriety.

The longest absence is less perilous to love than the terrible trials of incessant proximity.

An easy-going husband is the one indispensable comfort of life.

Emulation is active virtue; envy is brooding malice.

Scandals are like dandelion seeds--they are arrow-headed, and stick where they fall, and bring forth and multiply fourfold.

Petty laws breed great crimes.

Intensely selfish people are always very decided as to what they wish. They do not waste their energies in considering the good of others.

Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.

Music is not a science any more than poetry is. It is a sublime instinct, like genius of all kinds.

I do not wish to be a coward like the father of mankind and throw the blame upon a woman.

Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.

The weight you lift is not nearly as heavy as the weight you carry.

Some say one thing and do another. Others say one thing and do it just for spite. I say nothing and do whatever the hell I want.

We just want you to be happy. Rand and Marybeth said that all the time, but they never explained how.

Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order.

Sometimes you have to fight with music.

The only exercise I get is on the stage. If I didn't get that, I'd get a little round around the tummy, as much as I eat.

My talent is to speak my mind. God won't object if you bury that talent.

You don't need to change the world; you need to change yourself.

Ted Cruz will point Americans back to the principles established by our Constitution enabling you to live free.

If complexity doesn't beat you, paradox will.