To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written.

People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.

I prefer liberty with danger than peace with slavery.

There are always four sides to a story: your side, their side, the truth and what really happened.

Freedom is the power to choose our own chains

The freedom of Mankind does not lie in the fact that can do what we want, but that we do not have to do that which we do not want.

People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little.

Why should we build our happiness on the opinons of others, when we can find it in our own hearts?

Those people who treat politics and morality separately will never understand either of them.

I am not made like any of those I have seen. I venture to believe that I am not made like any of those who are in existence. If I am not better, at least I am different.

No one is happy unless he respects himself.

Mastering others is strength. Mastering oneself makes you fearless.

Time is the king of men.

Never trust anything you read in a travel article.

Maybe I should disappear and not make anymore music. I mean, I think I'd take it really badly if I got slayed.

There's no relationship that I find that's closer than a creative relationship.

[I]t is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution is pure virtue.

The upside of being in the closet is that you develop skills of duplicity, which are great for big-time politicians.

I never really wanted to be a model. But when the opportunity came, I grabbed it.

The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.

The Queen of England is Defender of the Faith but the President of the United States is Defender of the Constitution, which defends all faiths.