"Ah, mon cher, for anyone who is alone, without God and without a master, the weight of days is dreadful"

"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days"

"The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life"

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action"

"It isn't hard to be good from time to time in sports. What's tough is being good every day"

"There are no gains without pains"

"Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day"

"It is a useless life that is not consecrated to a great ideal. It is like a stone wasted on the field without becoming a part of any edifice"

"We cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening our own"

"I just had lunch with Slash two days ago. He loves Axl. He holds no grudges towards him. Twenty years of great music wasn't created because of some stupid grudge. That's a shame"