I have not observed mens honesty to increase with their riches.

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.

The end of democracy and the defeat of the American Revolution will occur when government falls into the hands of lending institutions and moneyed incorporations.

I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend.

I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery.

When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty.

Truth between candid minds can never do harm.

The government you elect is the government you deserve.

Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.

The difference between a successful and an unsuccessful person is that, one has preserved his potentials while the other has processed his own!

I only write about stuff that’s happened to me.. stuff I can’t get past personally. Luckily, I'm quite self-destructive.

20th century poetry is a piñata. Images break from the earth when the poet strikes it.

I always loved that old song Banks of the Ohio - it was always such a man's song, so I've always wanted to record it.

Tea, although an OrientalIs a gentleman at least;Cocoa is a cad and coward,Cocoa is a vulgar beast.

The low green tent Whose curtain never outward swings.

In general, I wait to be approached. I want to be the one who's hunted, I want to be the one who people take interest in.

A worker without genius is better than a genius who won't work.

The best test of whether someone is extremely stupid (or extremely wise) is whether financial and political news makes sense to him.

I have spent my life going from mania to mania. Somehow it has all paid off.