Learning, like money, may be of so base a coin as to be utterly void of use; or, if sterling, may require good management to make it serve the purposes of sense or happiness.

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.

To become a master at any skill, it takes the total effort of your: heart, mind, and soul working together in tandem.

Do you see how much power you have when you act without fear?

The sad part is that you love her.... and she didn't love you back.

A man who lives unrelated to other human beings dies. But a man who lives unrelated to himself also dies.

You know, I say in my lyrics, "Every word I write will be analyzed by somebody white." It's just that I know that this sh*t is just not gonna fall on deaf ears.

I describe a world with no exit, convinced that God accompanies man throughout his history.

First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical.

Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.

I often find it's just the confidence that makes you sexy, not what your body looks like. It's how you feel about yourself that makes you sexy.

What I am interested in is the present time