I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.

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.

God is our Spiritual Father.

What is a man's life but a prelude to his death? And what is death but a long sleep, a most welcome forgetfulness.

She loved so much misteries tha she became one

And now she began muttering to herself. "God, who created you, must have known what He did. Enough is enough.

if you want to match your beat with the universe look at the deepest level of present.

Bond investors are the vampires of the investment world. They love decay, recession - anything that leads to low inflation and the protection of the real value of their loans.

Tokyo is huge. Something like 15 million people live there, and my estimate is that at any given moment, 14.7 million of them are lost.

A Peace to End All Peace.

This is [her] soul group.’ What do you mean?’ It’s a group of souls with whom she resonates closely.

Generally I don't like traveling around saying the exact same thing. I don't think that's a very good thing to do with your life.