Great wits, like great beauties, look upon mere esteem as a flat insipid thing; nothing less than admiration will content them.

It must descend, as the dew, upon the tender herb, or like melting flakes of snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

Finite mind cannot comprehend infinity.

We see how much a man has, and therefore we envy him; did we see how little he enjoys, we should rather pity him.

For we seldom admire the wit, when we dislike the man.

That wit is truly amiable, which gladdens and enlivens every thing, which shines with a lustre gentle, but not faint, and powerful, but not glaring.

But isn't it time for Christians to admit that we should reject bargains if they are gained by the exploitation of the poorest of the poor in developing countries?

DISARM ALL RAPISTSBut what will we doWith their legs?

We will not apologise for our way of life.

As soon as you can say what you think and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being a remarkable man.

Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.

The game has basically not changed since I ended my career.

I love what I do, so it's not tiring. If I worked at a computer or drove a truck, I'd be dead in a week.

The being cannot be termed rational or virtuous, who obeys any authority, but that of reason.

And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work-wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow.

There is a tendency to see divine intervention in things that happen in the normal course of miracles.