"It is difficult to live with people because it is so difficult to be silent. And not against him who is repugnant to us are we most unfair, but against him who is no concern of ours."

"Battle not with monsters, lest ye become a monster, and if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you."

"Maturity consists in having rediscovered the seriousness one had as a child at play."

"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule."

"Although the most acute judges of the witches and even the witches themselves, were convinced of the guilt of witchery, the guilt nevertheless was non-existent. It is thus with all guilt."

"For men are not equal: thus speaks justice."

"Too little liberty brings stagnation and too much brings chaos."

"It's been through three wives. To me a guitar is kind of like a woman. You don't know why you like 'em but you do."

"Duty is ours, results are God's."

"Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of all that rubbish in a year."

"I don't look to jump over 7-foot bars; I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over."

"Folks never understand the folks they hate."