It is far better to borrow experience than to buy it.

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.

Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.

Nakajima's presence didn't put any pressure on me, either. Quite the opposite: there was a warmth in the core of my chest when he was around.

Never allow your present situation deprive you from your happiness".

My grandparents, like many genocide survivors, took most of their stories to their graves.

Nothing ever stands still, and neither should you.

If they think I'm going to stop at that stop sign, they're mistaken!

I would rather dance as a ballerina, though faultily, than as a flawless clown.

If the guy likes/loves you, he won't care if you are a good kisser or not. He should like you for what you are - not how you kiss.

If you want to get my attention, wear a pirate outfit.

My focus is not merely a beautiful city, but a city that's made beautiful on the parameters of good health and cleanliness