I would be virtuous for my own sake, though nobody were to know it; as I would be clean for my own sake, though nobody were to see me.

True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of goodness, and makes that temper which we call divine.

It is the hardest thing in the world to be a good thinker without being a good self examiner.

The greatest of fools is he who imposes on himself, and in his greatest concern thinks certainly he knows that which he has least studied, and of which he is most profoundly ignorant.

Men of sense are really all of one religion. But men of sense never tell what it is.

Nothing is more ridiculous than ridicule.

Remember that there is nothing in God but what is godlike; and that He is either not at all, or truly and perfectly good.

Gravity is of the very essence of imposture; it does not only mistake other things, but is apt perpetually almost to mistake itself.

It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.

The face of Truth is not less fair and beautiful for all the counterfeit visors which have been put upon her.

How little our careers express what lies in us, and yet how much time they take up. It's sad, really.

Taking a dump...blackout

I don't mean to be a racist but if you're going to get raped by a Japanese guy, it's not going to hurt at all.

Many mathematicians derive part of their self-esteem by feeling themselves the proud heirs of a long tradition of rational thinking; I am afraid they idealize their cultural ancestors.

A man of spirit must not think of the word difficulty as so much as existing. Away with it!

Republic of the West, Enlightened, free, sublime, Unquestionably best Production of our time.

Holidays are enticing only for the first week or so. After that, it is no longer such a novelty to rise late and have little to do.

God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

Probably what pushed the Russians over the edge was SDI... They realized they couldn't beat us...

A modest little person, with much to be modest about.