Tis better never to be named than to be ill spoken of.

Look-ye, 'tis my Opinion, ev'ry Man cheats in his Way. And he is only honest, who is not discover'd.

Resolve to be merry though the ship were sinking.

A Man that wants Money thinks none can be unhappy that has it.

All policies allowed in war and love.

Want is the mistress of invention

Lying is a thriving vocation.

And lash the vice and follies of the age.

Nobody can boast of Honesty till they are try'd.

Tis the defect of age to rail at the pleasures of youth.

I always lov'd Precaution, and took care to avoid Dangers. But when a thing was past, I ever had Philosophy to be easie.

If you don't have a plan, you will never find enough time to finish a task.

So many people hate me and love me for the exact same reasons. This is all the proof I need that my opinion about myself is the only opinion I should ever care about.

Reversing your treatment of the man you have wronged is better than asking his forgiveness.

I like comedy, not violence, but violence is making a lot of money. But comedy is what I like.

The loss was not bad luck. It was bad analysis.

When people looked at him they had the feeling of being shut out. He did not shut them out. He shut himself in.

We run to undo the damage we've done to body and spirit. We run to find some part of ourselves yet undiscovered.

Heaven hath many tongues to talk of it, more eyes to behold it, but few hearts that rightly affect it.

When I write love songs, people think they're really soppy - but I see love as a consolation for the boredom of life.

I couldn’t get the words exactly right; I only remembered wishing that Jacob were my brother so that we could love each other without any confusion or pain.