A good word costs as little as a bad one, and is worth more.

We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

The judge is nothing but the law speaking.

Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.

When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.

The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.

A benefactor is a representative of God.

may I be I is the only prayer

Theatre is pure teleportation by means of suspension. It’s a voyage into the archives of the human imagination. A passport to all what ifs.

To his surprise he...discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just as it had been possible to be bad at something…that you cared about a great deal.

I believe in dressing for the occasion. There's a time for sweater, sneakers and Levis and a time for the full-dress jazz.

In good comedy, the structure comes from truth and that weird eye that looks at the way life is.

If you feel like getting a divorce, you are no exception to the general rule.

The colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them.

My process is always the same. Maybe that's why I stay so consistent, it really doesn't change. I only know one way to record and do things.

Back then, when everybody thought the world would last forever, nobody had time for anything.

It is unsound for an independent editor to be a financial contributor to any cause which would cause any type of special pleading.