Great men have always had dogs.

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.

He needs little who desires but little.

Why would God provide heaven on earth when he's planned the real thing for you in eternity?

If you can compete, you are going to compete

We live in a time of twin credulities: the hunger for the miraculous combined with a servile awe of science. The mating of the two gives us superstition plus scientism -- a Mongoloid metaphysic.

There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I cant do by myself you know.

If men gave birth, they'd be less inconsiderate.

The beautiful moment sits very close to the horrific one.

The Celtics don't celebrate anything but championships.

A poem is but a thought, a mere memory caught at play. From hand onto paper, bleeding thoughts emerge.

People are really emotionally affected by actors. And it's hard to know how to behave in a way that doesn't impose or withdraw. Because everybody wants your attention.