Justice is such a fine thing that we cannot pay too dearly for it.

The soul is that which denies the body. For example, that which refuses to run when the body trembles, to strike when the body is angry, to drink when the body is thirsty.

Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist? Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head. Your rashness will be taken for extraordinary courage.

I am quite my own master, agreeably lodged, perfectly easy in my circumstances. I am contented with my situation, and happy because I think myself so.

The pleasure of talking is the inextinguishable passion of a woman, coeval with the act of breathing.

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Evil tongues never want a whet.

Isocrates was in the right to insinuate, in his elegant Greek expression, that what is got over the Devil's back is spent under his belly.

It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.

On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dépens de sa mémoire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory).

Mutual content is like a river, which must have its banks on either side.

If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.

For we are all walking each other to our deaths, and the journey between footsteps makes up our lives

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the blame

If you look at suicides, most of them are connected to depression. And the mental health system just fails them. It's so sad. We know what to do. We just don't do it.

Man's ultimate destiny is to become one with the Divine Power which governs and sustains the creation and its creatures.

To claim that wines should not be changed is a heresy; the palate becomes saturated and after the third glass the best of wines arouses nothing but an obscure sensation.

I think people tend to be very myopic and they dont understand how their actions impact others.

In my books you have to concentrate, but I work hard to make it that, when you do, the rewards are quite high.

The US presidency will continue to represent the major power groups of the United States - big business and the military - regardless of who the talking head is.

Really try to find a job where it's fun to get up and get out the door, no matter what time.