"Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power."

"The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility."

"Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."

"No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health."

"Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do."

"The foundation of joy is every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."

"To build a legacy, one must accept that the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"Thanks to capitalism, the importance placed on beauty has never been so manipulated. We are the guinea pigs force-fed ads that tell us how pathetic we are: that we will never be loved, happy or valuable unless we have the body, the face, the hair, even the personality that will apparently be ours, if only we buy their products."