Even the weakest disputant is made so conceited by what he calls religion, as to think himself wiser than the wisest who think differently from him.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." i love it so much

Happiness is an art. Choose your way of expressing it.

We were never meant for a wimpy life.

A killer on the payroll isn't good for business.' Devour

Life is a foreign language

Slowly would be better than not at all.

If you're lucky as you get older, you respect the craft and it becomes a skill.

I have never in my whole life asked for an autograph. It seems a little ... unnecessary.

I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I've had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral.

You meet the same people on the way down that you meet on the way up, but you're going the other way.