Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.

Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.

Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.

Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.

We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.

How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

Genius speaks only to genius.

Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

Memories of the past are what drive us, whether to a life of beauty or a life of insanity is up to us.

Wisdom is not guaranteed with age but is realized through one's sensitivity to humanity and the universe

Sometimes people get taken away from you whether you want it or not. And sometimes that hurts so much, it might be easier to forget.

Madness plants mirrors in the desert. I find the means frightening.

Better to get off the train at this station. Than to do it later, when it's too late. Remember Time doesn't wait!

I definitely hope to continue to release records at an accelerated pace.

An inexplicable fact is infinitely preferable to an incomprehensible mystery.

We need to profoundly revise all of our taxes and charges. The aim is to tax pollution - notably fossil fuels - more, and tax work less

[Televised stand-up] never really makes me laugh. The only one I ever saw that I liked was Richard Pryor, and that was [shot on] film.

For want of a Pilate of their own, some Christians would accept a Constantine or whomever might be the current incarnation of Caesar.