Affectation hath always had a greater share both in the action and discourse of men than truth and judgment have.

That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.

Fantastic fortune thou deceitful light, That cheats the weary traveler by night, Though on a precipice each step you tread, I am resolved to follow where you lead.

Oh, what a dear ravishing thing is the beginning of an Amour!

Faith, Sir, we are here today and gone tomorrow.

Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.

Each moment of a happy lover's hour is worth an age of dull and common life.

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

Who is't that to woman's beauty would submit, And yet refuse the fetters of their wit?

I think a Play the best divertisement that wise men have: but I do also think them nothing so who do discourse so formallie about the rules of it, as if 'twere the grand affair of humane life.

Be a person of value, but never try to define your worth.

Hold on to your heart and life will give you wings.

If I had 20 days to solve a problem, I would take 19 days to define it

To know one's own desires, their meaning and their costs requires the highest human virtue: rationality.

After the event, even a fool is wise.

I like the truth sometimes, but I don't care enough for it to hanker after it.

Wherever there are birds, there is hope.

The future is not set in stone, and even if it was, stone can be broken.

I don't think immigration is what's happening in our country. I think an invasion is what is happening, particularly southern border.

I'm in my prime. There's no goal too far, no mountain too high.