I wish it, I command it. Let my will take the place of a reason.

The dowry, not the wife, is the object of attraction.

Rare is the union of beauty and purity.

Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt

A lucky man is rarer than a white crow.

The arrows are from her dowry.

The abject pleasure of an abject mind And hence so dear to poor weak woman kind. [Lat., Vindicta Nemo magis gaudet, quam femina.]

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

Pray for a healthy mind in a healthy body.

Quis costodiet ipsos custodies? (Who will watch the watchers?)

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

Knowledge is the physical manifestation of consciousness.

If people are not making mistakes, they are not trying new things. If they are making the same mistake twice, they are not learning new things!

A child's death isn't always necessary for a mother to grieve.

I'm addicted to creating and writing.

I don't write poetry for the page because my inclination in that area is satisfied by songwriting. "Ornamental Hermit" was a comparatively effortless song to write, which is rare for me.

Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn't exist yet. Fate is for losers!

We lived on isolated farms and ranches, far from anybody, and when I was young I knew very few other kids, so I lived to a great extent in my imagination.

I went from rotary phone to Twitter. And was appalled at the notion.

Don't let loneliness drive you back into the arms of someone who doesn't give a damn about you.

I love my mother, but there has been, ever since my boyhood, a sort of coldness of intercourse between us, such as is apt to come between people of strong feelings.