Men, like animals, naturally multiply in proportion to the means of their subsistence.

No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

The first thing you have to know is yourself. A man who knows himself can step outside himself and watch his own reactions like an observer.

Mercy to the guilty is cruelty to the innocent.

The real price of everything, what everything really costs to the man who wants to acquire it, is the toil and trouble of acquiring it.

What can be added to the happiness of the man who is in health, who is out of debt, and has a clear conscience?

A nation is not made wealthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but it enriched by the economic prosperity of it's people.

Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another.

On the road from the City of Skepticism, I had to pass through the Valley of Ambiguity.

People of the same trade seldom meet together, even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the public, or in some contrivance to raise prices.

No matter where it is in the sky... No matter where you are in the world... the moon is never bigger than your thumb. -John

Is this the baby?" I said.Ma turned on me again."What do you think it is?" she said. "A midget that can't talk?

Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

I've always had a thing for Catwoman. Michelle Pfeiffer or Halle Berry in tight leather pants, with the boots - I'm pretty good with either one.

Universities are institutions run by amateurs to train professionals.

To become an ace a fighter must have extraordinary eyesight, strength, and agility, a huntsman's eye, coolness in a pinch, calculated recklessness, a full measure of courage and occasional luck!

Never settle for the path of least resistance

I truly love Australia; I miss Aussie kids and their attitude!

Remind thyself, in the darkest moments, that every failure is only a step toward success, ... Your life will never be the same again.

iMac is next year's computer for $1,299, not last year's computer for $999.