"The Way is harshness greeted with kindness, fear greeted with fortitude."

"It's always useful to know where a friend-and-relation is, whether you want him or whether you don't."

"When in doubt, use brute force"

"You know you're getting old when it takes too much effort to procrastinate."

"It's only by amusing oneself that one can learn."

"In the topsy-turvy world of heavy rock, it's often useful to have a nice, solid piece of wood in your hands."

"Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles."

"Courage in danger is half the battle."

"Many things are worse than defeat,and compromise with evil is one of them."

"I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings, and strictly honest who complained of bad luck."

"As your attorney i advise you to take a hit out of the small brown bottle in my shaving kit."

"It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself."