Dull indeed would be the man that did not feel the thrill awakened by the first glimpse of brilliant color in the orchard, and the cheery warbling notes borne to our ears on the first gentle breath of spring!
Liars are always most disposed to swear.
Disgrace does not consist in the punishment, but in the crime.
Often the test of courage is not to die but to live.
Necessity inspires the fatal thought.
First thoughts are not always the best.
If ardent passions push not men on to lofty enterprise, calm wisdom never will accomplish it.
One must be thrust out of a finished cycle in life, and that leap is the most difficult to make - to part with one's faith, one's love, when one would prefer to renew the faith and recreate the passion.
I'm never gonna play again, and I know I'm really, really going to miss it.
It wasn't being an alcoholic - it was going wild. It happened when I got famous. It was like having my teens in my early thirties: blotting out your life, not having to think about anything.
Scholars, street knowledge, Carter kids stuck in the projects.