What deep wounds ever closed without a scar?The hearts bleed longest, and heals but to wear That which disfigures it.

Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and those who dare not, are slaves.

Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter, sermons and soda water the day after.

A timid mind is apt to mistake every scratch for a mortal wound.

My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes.

A drop of ink may make a million think.

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.

There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.

Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep.

I do not believe in any religion, I will have nothing to do with immortality. We are miserable enough in this life without speculating upon another.

Yet he was jealous, though he did not show it, For jealousy dislikes the world to know it.

The fact is I'm in a serious jam.

Do I look like I want to be involved in your teen love saga? Ask someone who cares.

That's what you got for being a servant of no ambition: a shrunken life, hung up like a gibbet as a warning to others.

I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life.

We know that the Zanj (blacks) are the least intelligent and the least discerning of mankind, and the least capable of understanding the consequences of actions.

The greatest competitive advantage is to allow your employees to be part of something. Something bigger than what you're doing.

We all pulled together at the right time, unfortunately, we were down 3-0 to the Yankees when we decided to do it, but we did it. And we shocked the world.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

I'm not a tweeter or a Facebooker or a Grammer. I'm a real grump when it comes to technology. I'm like, come on, just write me a letter.

When gifts are replaced by rights, so is gratitude replaced by claims. And claims breed resentment