Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.

Old friends are best.

They that are against Superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I will wear all colours but black, then am I superstitious in not wearing black.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.

There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.

The House of Commons is called the Lower House, in twenty Acts of Parliament; but what are twenty Acts of Parliament amongst Friends?

The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

A gallant man is above ill words.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.

I was never aware of any other option but to question everything.

I fell like a celibate hustlerA stained & sullied spirit...Halfway between freaky and holy

Curse on all laws but those which love has made.

I couldn't say there is a formula to songwriting. Each time is a unique experience.

Someone's got to break the glass ceiling, and once it's broken, everybody else comes clamouring up behind.

The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me

What is required is sight and insight- then you might add one more: excite.

You can have me the way i am — bad behavior included — or not at all.

I believe novels can have secrets from their author, a notion I imagine would appall Nabokov.

Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste.