Conversation never sits easier upon us than when we now and then discharge ourselves in a symphony of laughter, which may not improperly be called the chorus of conversation.

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.

Spring shows the power and love of the earth

I don't wanna be the center of anything, just a part of something bigger.

Progress means taking risks for you can't steal home and keep your foot on third base.

I like comedy, not violence, but violence is making a lot of money. But comedy is what I like.

It's not a movie, no private screening This method acting, well, I call that living

I caught a pebble in the moonlight.

To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war.

I did a couple of plays in junior high school, maybe high school, and then I did a play in college.

It is my greatest wish that the Children’s Fund should continue to be a beacon of hope and light.