Kind words are benedictions. The are not only instruments of power, but of benevolence and courtesy; blessings both to the speaker and hearer of them.

Pride, like laudanum and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large, quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.

Good-humor is the clear blue sky of the soul.

Brain cells create ideas. Stress kills brain cells. Stress is not a good idea

Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light; it heightens effect.

My heart to you is given: Oh, do give yours to me; We'll lock them up together, And throw away the key.

The Sabbath-day is the savings-bank of humanity.

As a human being, possessing education, talent, and recourses obligates you to help others less fortunate.

The best practitioners give to their patients the least medicine.

Mammon is the largest slave-holder in the world.

Dean Swift proposed to tax beauty, and to leave every lady to rate her own charms; he said the tax would be cheerfully paid and very productive.

I've been the oldest child since before you were born

Renee: “Trout, get your mind out of the gutter.”Trout: “Can’t help it—it’s attached to my body.

That is what a shadow is, and empty space, a hole in the light. Evil is this - a hole in the goodness of God.

I don't know the facts of when Joe Soptic's wife got sick or when she died.

Before my mother died, she told me not to leave Chelsea.

Enlightenment, meditation is really a shift in perception. It's not a thing that you go and do or become, since you're already that.

I refuse to do anything that would help Republicans win a Senate seat in New York, and give the Senate majority to the Republicans.

Australia! I wanna see some saltwater crocodiles!

If you aren't feeding the fire of anger or the fire of craving by talking to yourself, then the fire doesn't have anything to feed on.

I'm a huge fan of The Sopranos, and suddenly, you find yourself going one-to-one with this guy who you've been watching for years, watching every flicker in his eye and every detail on his face.