Never fear your enemies, fear your actions.

War is very uncertain in its results, and often when affairs look most desperate they suddenly assume a more hopeful state.

I have been tried and condemned without a hearing, and I suppose I shall have to go to the execution.

Be assured, he is not an ordinary man.

The peasant is the only species of human being who doesn't like the country and never looks at it.

If I see darkness in the area of finances I bring light there.

How long must the American community afford special treatment to blacks?

I try to write something that would interest anybody and keep them turning the page. You must have a plot and good storyline.

When I was in Van Halen I was hitting notes that were out of my range. I never went for those registers before until Eddie pulled it out of me.

Experience fails to teach where there is no desire to learn.

A mother's love is like a tower, Rising far above the crowd, And her smile is like the sunshine, Breaking through a threatening cloud.

Ordinarily, I go to the woods alone. When I'm alone I can hear the almost unhearable sound of the roses singing. If you have ever gone to the woods with me, I must love you very much.

A man knows no more in religion than he loves and embraceth with the affections of his soul.

Reading a good poem can give me a far bigger kick than a novel. But it's not something I can keep doing. It would be like shooting up 10 times a day.