We shall never have friends if we expect to find them without fault.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

You miss 100% of the shots that you don't take. Still wondering whether it is worth giving a shot at your dreams?

Satan wants to lure us into his traps, and he knows exactly what kind of “bait” will appeal to us. He knows what we’re like, and he will attack us exactly where we are the weakest.

I didn't know that there were many rules in music when I first started writing.

We live in a world that relies on technology.

My dad was a singer in a band and neither of my parents went to college, and I ended up getting into Harvard and was the first person in my family that went to college and it happened to be Harvard.

Once we got going on the Fantagraphics version of Love and Rockets, our encouragement was constant. People wanted us to do more, do more. Thirty years later, here we are.

I worked hard. Anyone who works as hard as I did can achieve the same results.

I would be nowhere without martial arts. It's a passion.

Lines are results, do not draw them for themselves.

A determined soul will do more with a rusty monkey wrench than a loafer will accomplish with all the tools in a machine shop.