I was more alone than if I had been alone.
Would you be esteemed? live with persons that are estimable.
Temperance adds zest to pleasure.
The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them, and they make us despair in losing them.
We live with our defects as with the odors we carry about us: we do not perceive them, but they incommode those who approach us.
The love of esteem is the life and soul of society; it unites us to one another : I want your approbation, you stand in need of mine. By forsaking the converse of men, we forsake the virtues necessary for society; for when one is alone, one is apt to grow negligent; the world forces you to have a guard over yourself.
Politeness costs little and yields much.
Writing that sort of [songs like "Let is Roll"]made me try to almost sort of ingrain it in my own head every time I sing it live as well. It's like therapy. It's like "Move on, Pip! Come on. You can do this! You can do this. "
When all the scaffolding is removed it is our integrity that both defines us and identifies us. Men of integrity are like the Rock of Gibraltar - steadfast and immovable; men without it are like the shifting sands on the Sahara Desert - tossed to and fro by every variant wind of life.
It is simply the truth that the political system that I am part of has degenerated to the point that it needs fundamental change.
I will not raise taxes on anyone making $250,000 or less.