The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe.

Jealousy is the jaundice of the soul.

Self-defense is Nature's eldest law.

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

Fool that I was, upon my eagle's wings I bore this wren, till I was tired with soaring, and now he mounts above me.

Dead men tell no tales.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

The sooner you treat your son as a man, the sooner he will be one.

Fortune befriends the bold.

Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful

A good story is one liked. A great story is one that challenges thought, defiant and gets mouths talking.

If you don't drink, smoke, or drive a car, you're a tax evader.

The German Reich is a Republic, and whoever doesn't believe it gets one in the neck.

The minute they become a partner in the Palestinian government, reality will become a lot more complicated for them than when they were a terror organization alone.

A black President? Now come on y'all, we got Clinton, that's close. He got negro tendencies.

When I listen to music these days, and I hear Pro Tools and drums that sound like a machine - it kinda sucks the life out of music.

Sometimes it's a struggle to live in the moment.

I believe it is better to be prepared for illness than to wait for a cure.

Don't allow the coldness and fear of others to tarnish your perfectly vulnerable beating heart.