I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.

Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.

Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications.

The only interesting ideas are heresies

Do anything, save to lie down and die!

People are crazy about food, smoking, drinking, girls but not about their dreams.

Sometimes there's not a better way. Sometimes there's only the hard way.

I used to do poetry and write stories and stuff - I never really had anybody standing over my shoulder, like, "What did you write? Let me hear it." I hate that type of stuff.

Ive had about 140 albums released, and Ive done everything I wanted to do.

People say that rock 'n' roll is dead, and I am making it my mission to resurrect it. I have rock 'n' roll pumping through my veins.

Any gospel which says only what you must do and never announces what Christ has done is no gospel at all.

On some level any appearance on Television can be seen as a product endorsement.

Sin can bring pleasure, but never happiness.