Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

No just person ever became quickly rich.

He who labors diligently need never despair.

There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.

If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men's troubles and that will comfort you.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Nothing is more useful than silence.

Employment is a vicious cycle

Why would anybody be a Satanist, anyway? I don’t get it. You can’t believe in Satan without believing in God, and then you’re just picking the wrong side in a big mythic battle thing.

You can receive all the compliments in the world, but that won't do a thing unless you believe it yourself.

Women are the holders of all knowledge, everything a man knows he stole from a woman.

There's a lot of laughing on a horror movie set. They're magical in that way.

It's better to have a pocket full of regrets than to never have lived.

I kind of miss the old sleazy Times Square, in a way. And yet I don't mind not being accosted by all sorts of strange people.

Energy is our most precious resource, for it is the means by which we transform our creative potential into meaningful action.

I'm not perfect, but I'm focused when I have a goal.

We weep and laugh, as we see others do.