Everything beautiful has a mark of eternity.

We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.

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

Thought is free.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.

Humility is attentive patience.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

I am not a saint, unless you think of a saint as a sinner who keeps on trying.

With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

I've always had an obligation to creation, above all.

The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

His modesty amounts to deformity.

True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

The bat thought I was giving him the kiss of life!

I'm not a genius. I'm just a tremendous bundle of experience.

Ladies who play with fire must remember that smoke gets in their eyes.

If you never stop when you wave goodbye you just might find, if you give it time, you will wave hello again...

Even if you are divine, you don't disdain male consorts.