There are only two families in the world as a Grandmother of mine used to say the haves and the have-nots.

Pray, look better, sir... those things yonder are no giants, but windmills.

Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.

In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.

He who loses wealth loses much; he who loses a friend loses more; but he that loses his courage loses all.

How will he who does not know how to govern himself know how to govern others?

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little; to presume much, and be worth little.

That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.

Too much sanity may be madness and the maddest of all, to see life as it is and not as it should be.

The wicked are always ungrateful.

Her father guarded her, and she guarded herself; for there are no padlocks, bolts, or bars, that secure a maiden better than her own reserve.

Extrapolating from the statistical growth of the legal profession, by the year 2035 every single person in the United States will be a lawyer, including newborn infants.

Love is like death, it must come to us all, but to each his own unique way and time, sometimes it will be avoided, but never can it be cheated, and never will it be forgotten.

Writing songs is cheaper than going to therapy.

You have the clean canvas of a whole week before you. Paint well.

When you paint late at night, drinking beer or wine or both, you gotta be very careful to watch what you are doing.

The poet never asks for admiration; he wants to be believed.

Anybody who is rude to anyone in the service industry is automatically out.

I wanted to jeopardize my own image. With my image I had already produced art pieces such as videos of photographs.

I think this is very applicable to men and women - that they are looking for love in all the wrong places.

Being wealthy when no one else is, is like being the only one at the party with a drink.