Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

To be sure a stepmother to a girl is a different thing to a second wife to a man!

But the cloud never comes in that quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.

He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.

A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.

I look at [books] as a child looks at cakes - with glittering eyes and a watering mouth, imagining the pleasure that awaits him.

There is nothing like wounded affection for giving poignancy to anger.

Anticipation was the soul of enjoyment.

I dare not hope. I never was fainthearted before; but I cannot believe such a creature cares for me.

But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.

One may be clogged with honey and unable to rise and fly.

Don't allow your negative situations discourage you from what you can become in the future. There is more abilities left in you than you could ever possibly imagine.

I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years

Go back to bed, Cowan. I want no promises from you.

It's good to have some certainty in life, even if it's only that I'm in deep trouble.

Satriani's Law: There's at least a 30% chance that someone will print the name Satriani incorrectly

I never got into The Jetsons too much.

Speech is a mirror of the soul: as a man speaks, so is he.

I am my own cheerleader. I am the one who puts my goals, who pushes myself to get to the next goal. I don't have someone next to me saying, 'Here you go, now do this, it's your next step, go for it.'

Make songs for Death as you would sing to Love -But you will not assuage him. He aloneOf all the gods will take no gifts from men.

Fear doesn't go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.