Imperfections would not be half so much taken notice of, if vanity did not make proclamation of them.

He that serves God for Money, will serve the Devil for better Wages.

Wickedness may prosper for a while.

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.

A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works.

If we should cease to be generous and charitable because another is sordid and ungrateful, it would be much in the power of vice to extinguish Christian virtues.

Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves.

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.

Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.

Passions, as fire and water, are good servants, but bad masters, and subminister to the best and worst purposes.

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

You can get the answer of your every question in the empty hands of the beggar. But still you are questioning why his hands are empty.

Mindfulness gives freedom from negative and fixed mindset to positive and growth mindset.

People can do all kinds of things that maybe aren't wise in hindsight because of jealousy.

New York is a city where it's particularly hard to be poor, not only because everything costs twice as much as it does elsewhere but because over-the-top affluence is part of its identity.

In nature, no organic substance is synthesized unless there is provision for its degradation; recycling is enforced.

Not to sound arrogant, but what I did in one year, others couldn't do in their entire collegiate careers.

There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity.

Engineers like to solve problems. If there are no problems handily available, they will create their own problems.