I'm not afraid of dying I just don't want to be there when it happens.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

All is disgust when a man leaves his own nature and does what is unfit.

A person preaches well that lives well.

In ballet a complicated story is impossible to tell... we can't dance synonyms.

There is nothing more miserable in the world than to arrive in paradise and look like your passport photo.

If you talk bad about country music, it's like saying bad things about my momma. Them's fightin' words.

Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots.

The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic

When it is not in our power to determine what is true, we ought to follow what is most probable.

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

Dare to risk public criticism.

He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.

He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly.

The word 'good' has many meanings. For example, if a man were to shoot his grandmother at a range of five hundred yards, I should call him a good shot, but not necessarily a good man.

Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.

You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.

At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference.

You will always be fond of me. I represent to you all the sins you never had the courage to commit.

I love children, especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.