He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.

The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.

It is certainly much easier wholly to decline a passion than to keep it within just bounds and measures; and that which few can moderate almost anybody may prevent.

Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions.

Wise men mingle mirth with their cares, as a help either to forget or overcome them; but to resort to intoxication for the ease of one's mind is to cure melancholy by madness.

Riches should be admitted into our houses, but not into our hearts; we may take them into our possession, but not into our affections.

All religions are pieced together out of elements which seem so at odds with reason that any intelligence laughs at them.

To owe an obligation to a worthy friend is a happiness, and can be no disparagement.

Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly at the best.

God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.

The shortest follies are the best.

A moment of anger is a moment of resentment and madness which can burn your heart.

It does wonders for my own psyche to turn envy into inspiration. No matter how successful we become, we're never above that.

Ask yourself, if there was to be no blame, and if there was to be no praise, who would I be then?

Divinity guides us all the time but most of us don’t know how to interpret its messages.

All animals understand love and affection, but only man shows the propensity to place himself into the shoes of another life form

I like Israel. The fans are incredible. It was the best.

This is NOT a pretty good business. You cannot be pretty good and be a national headliner. That becomes the allure.

Dr. Barney stared at me, his lips puckered. What was he so serious about? Who hasn’t thought about killing themselves, as a kid? How can you grow up in this world and not think about it?

Time Rolls On' is my most political piece so far. It's not on my album because people didn't support it.

Computers don't seem real to me because there's a sheet of glass between you and whatever is happening.