Learning is better worth than houses or land.

Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.

From powerful causes spring the empiric's gains, Man's love of life, his weakness, and his pains; These first induce him the vile trash to try, Then lend his name, that other men may buy.

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.

Oh, rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful love to run, And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun.

An infatuated man is not only foolish, but wild.

Void of all honor, avaricious, rash, The daring tribe compound their boasted trash Tincture of syrup, lotion, drop, or pill; All tempt the sick to trust the lying bill.

Habit with him was all the test of truth; It must be right: I've done it from my youth.

In idle wishes, fools supinely stay. Be there a will and wisdom finds a way.

The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.

A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.

Perhaps people hate because it's more difficult to love. It also takes more courage to do the latter.

A session of boasting won't attract any real friends.  It will set you up on a pedestal, however, making you a clearer target.

One does not go to the theater to escape from himself, but to reestablish contact with the mystery that we all are.

These women need to feel that we're all aware of what they may be going through, to give them the confidence to speak out.

When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing - nothing.

I had to travel half way across the world to be called an American.

Love and businesse teach eloquence.

Statistics began as the systematic study of quantitative facts about the state.

Longing hearts could only stand so much longing.

Plato, quite decadently, wore an earring while young.