“One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are.”

For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.

Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

He who gives early gives twice.

Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.

A closed mouth catches no flies.

Great expectations are better than a poor possession.

What man can pretend to know the riddle of a woman’s mind?

A Man Without Honor is Worse than Dead.

One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

Patience and shuffle the cards.

Woman’s advice has little value, but he who won’t take it is a fool.

The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune’s spite; revive from ashes and rise.

Love not what you are but only what you may become.

A wise man does not trust all his eggs to one basket.

So far I’ve been very, very fortunate because it appears that people like to hear the music I like to play. What more fortunate position can a musician be in?

Sometimes, I must admit, I’d like to have a second guitarist onstage with me, but it wouldn’t look right. I’d like to play for another 20 years, but I don’t know. I just can’t see it happening. I don’t know why. It’s a certain foreboding. A funny feeling. Vultures.

Musclemen grow on trees. They can tense their muscles and look good in a mirror. So what? I’m interested in practical strength that’s going to help me run, jump, twist, punch.

The words that appeared from my Ink where that could describe my love for you.

They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn’t seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.

Looking good and feeling good go hand in hand. If you have a healthy lifestyle, your diet and nutrition are set and you’re working out, you’re going to feel good.

It sounded like you were having Bella for lunch, and we came to see if you would share.

When I’m doing an appearance somewhere and taking questions from the audience, I can always count on: ‘Tell about the guy who died on your show!’