He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.

Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

In terms of fear, I still am most afraid of Freddie Kruger.

You can get stuck in being wise. You can get stuck in having a developed will. It is very hard to get stuck in being happy. It is too lucid a state of mind.

Successful actors and actresses have to get themselves into their roles before acting. Therefore, you need to really care about what you are saying.

Things like depression and obesity are global challenges.

There's bits of my heart in different countries around the world in which I travel.

The tone of every book is slightly different; there's a music that each has that is distinct from all the others.

Marketing is a contest for people's attention.

If you are allergic to alcohol... can you take shots for that?

Independent labels take nothing and make something out of it. Major labels buy that something, and try to make more out of it.

...this culture of mandatory happiness actually promotes dishonesty and more suffering.