"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."

"The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently."

"Not by wrath does one kill, but by laughter."

"The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends."

"He who despises himself esteems himself as a self-despiser."

"Life without music would be a mistake."

"A house is no home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body."

"Do not insult the mother alligator until after you have crossed the river."

"If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun."

"We're all playing melody against each other. our aim is to get so far away from the original line that your playing something that's never been heard before."

"When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him."

"The one bonus of not lifting the ban on gays in the military is that the next time the government mandates a draft, we can all declare we are homosexual instead of running off to Canada."