Mankind in the gross is a gaping monster, that loves to be deceived and has seldom been disappointed.

Pedantry, in the common acceptation of the word, means an absurd ostentation of learning, and stiffness of phraseology, proceeding from a misguided knowledge of books and a total ignorance of men.

It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which becomes a man.

What signifies sadness, sir; a man grows lean on it.

It is from the remembrance of joys we have lost that the arrows of affliction are pointed.

My child reflect the treatment I give.

If nothing lasts then everything has meaning. If everything dies that means we actually live.

You are mature when you know what is foolhardy and what is courage.

Timing is everything, as you know.

Ich glaube sogar, durch Leidensk a« mpfe k o« nnten dieTiere zu Menschen werden. I believe that by suffering even animals could be made human.

My first record deal was an independent record deal back in 1995 or early 1996.

I thought not only am I going to die, but it's going to be just a torturous death that's going to go on forever.

It can't be all you. Just like you need air to fly a kite. It's not the kite. It's the air.

People don't have to like or support you. So you always have to say thank you.

Most people hate the taste of beer - to begin with. It is, however, a prejudice that many people have been able to overcome.