It should seem that indolence itself would incline a person to be honest, as it requires infinitely greater pains and contrivance to be a knave.

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments.

Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.

We may daily discover crowds acquire sufficient wealth to buy gentility, but very few that possess the virtues which ennoble human nature, and (in the best sense of the word) constitute a gentleman.

A statue in a garden is to be considered as one part of a scene or landscape.

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.

The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character.

The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters.

No man kills himself unless there is something wrong with his life.

I plan to be a sinner tonight. Could've been something else, but looked way too good in my red dress to be anything Christian.

In the Top 40, half the songs are secret messages to the teen world to drop out, turn on, and groove with the chemicals and light shows at discotheques.

The first TV babies are now writing with a TV mind that has no attention span at all.

The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong.

Love can grown among the rocks and thorns of life.

Every decision you make reflects your evaluation of who you are.

When we hug, our hearts connect and we know that we are not separate beings. Hugging with mindfulness and concentration can bring reconciliation, healing, understanding, and much happiness.

I'm very much a night person. Morning is a thing I only experience because I have to.

You know something, the Big Valboski is a lot like a Rubix Cube... the more you play with it, the harder it gets!