If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.

The truly free man is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.

The artist takes in the world, but instead of being oppressed by it, he reworks it in his own personality and recreates it in the work of art.

Well, fathers and sons… one way or the other, they always disappoint each other.

Judgement is so often a thwarted, frustrated expression of envy.

Nothing fruitful ever comes when plants are forced to flower in the wrong season.

Shark Tales: How I turned $1,000 into a Billion Dollar Business.

Fight for your opinions, but do not believe that they contain the whole truth, or the only truth.

Upon your shattered ruins where, This vine will flourish still, as rare, As fresh, as fragrant as of old. Love will not crumble.

Without the gods, how would I sing?' I asked. With your own voice,' he said.

What novelty is worth that sweet monotony where everything is known, and loved because it is known?

But between sets I'd sneak over to the black places to hear blues musicians. It got to the point where I was making my living at white clubs and having my fun at the other places.