A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it.

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.

Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.

Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications.

we are not leaving anyone behind we have to stick togheter in order to stay safe.

Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.

We want, and must have, a national policy, as to slavery, which deals with it as being wrong.

It's weird. I guess I got so used to [g-strings] when I was really young that I just couldn't stand it anymore.

Street culture is punk, hip-hop, skateboarding, surfing, graffiti. It's like a massive global culture that is all tied together. But for so many years it was very geographic.

We must never make our parents sad, even if this means giving up everything that makes us happy.

There is no bore like a clever bore.

Sometimes, all it takes is a few words to change your life.

Any man who has seen the face of death knows better than to seek him out a second time.

Do not presume to choose your own way of serving instead of the one I have made for you.