The suburbs of folly is vain mirth, and profuseness of laughter is the city of fools.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

Puzzles are sort of like life because you can mess up and rebuild later, and you're likely smarter the next time around.

But perhaps the monsters needed to look out for each other every now and then.

Basically, when you get to my age, you'll really measure your success in life by how many of the people you want to have love you actually do love you.

I didn't know I was even supposed to HAVE issues until I came to America

I don't want to collect Indian art, though pots and beadwork and blankets made by Indians remain the most beautiful art objects in the American West, in my opinion.

Whitney: You black-hearted, treacherous, conniving scoundrel. Clayton: Your flattery warms my heart

In the garden of existence, there exists two beautiful roses: Music and love.

I went to Mongolia many years ago and it was so incredible.

I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.

I didn't plan on rock-n-roll. I wanted to learn jazz; I got to know some people doing rock-n-roll with jazz, and I thought I could make some money playing music.