“The confidence in another man’s virtue is no light evidence of a man’s own, and God willingly favors such a confidence.”

Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one’s own goodness.

The thing I fear most is fear.

Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie.

He who fears he shall suffer, already suffers what he fears.

A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.

Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows.

Rejoice in the things that are present; all else is beyond thee.

The ceaseless labour of your life is to build the house of death.

It is a monstrous thing that I will say, but I will say it all the same: I find in many things more restraint and order in my morals than in my opinions, and my lust less depraved than my reason.

The worst of my actions or conditions seem not so ugly unto me as I find it both ugly and base not to dare to avouch for them.

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

The way of the world is to make laws, but follow custom.

No wind serves him who addresses his voyage to no certain port.

One may be humble out of pride.

My trade and art is to live.

There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.

Don’t bring your sand toys to the park. That’s another bad move. Because I go to the park, and I’m on the Vicodin and a little weed too – let’s face it – and I go in there, and my wife’s like.

I can’t take another day of this.

Don’t be just another guy going down the street and going nowhere.

I had to do another couple of albums about this idiot. Then I had to play in front of 37 people. It was horrible. I was crying. I was freaked out.

I don’t think the discus will ever attract any interest until they let us start throwing them at one another.

Never break another man’s rice bowl.

It takes loneliness in oneself to recognize it in another.

The art of life is loving and listening to one another.