Men often prove the violence of their own prejudices, even by the violence with which they attack the prejudices of other people.

Taste may be compared to that exquisite sense of the bee, which instantly discovers and extracts the quintessence of every flower, and disregards all the rest of it.

Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?

Habit is the cement of society, the comfort of life, and, alas! The root of error.

O wearisome condition of humanity! Born under one law, to another bound; Vainly begot and yet forbidden vanity; Created sick, commanded to be sound.

Man is said to be a rational creature; but should it not rather be said, that man is a creature capable of being rational, as we say a parrot is a creature capable of speech?

The mind's eye is perhaps no better fitted for the full radiance of truth, than is the body's for that of the sun.

The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if false, that it lessens.

There are sometimes beauties in a character which would never have appeared but for a defect, and defects which would never have appeared but for a beauty.

Love will sacrifice more to others than friendship, but then it exacts more from them.

How happy is it for us, that the admiration of others should depend so much more on their ignorance than our perfection!

Love is a Strong Addiction that makes it Impossible to ignore those involved

If you are looking for love, you may not find it, but if you love every one for sure, they will return it.

The critics slap labels on you and then expect you to talk inside their terms.

People are experience-rich and theory-poor. I help people organize / make sense of their experiences.

We tend to make the thing in the way the way.

I love to sing. I'm a soprano.

Is it that you hate this president or that you hate America?

I’m a professional bodyguard. (Leta) Yeah, right. (Aiden) Nope. All true. I know seventy-two ways to kill a man and sixty-nine of them look like an accident. (Leta)

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.

Secondhand experience breaks down a block from the car lot.