Misers are very kind people: they amass wealth for those who wish their death.

Esteem has more engaging charms than friendship, or even love. It captivates hearts better, and never makes ings.

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.

Can princes born in palaces be sensible of the misery of those who dwell in cottages?

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.

We are usually mistaken in esteeming men too much; rarely in esteeming them too little.

Gaiety is the soul's health; sadness is its poison.

How many persons fancy they have experience simply because they have grown old!

Genius speaks only to genius.

Conscience warns us as a friend before it punishes us as a judge.

There are few defects in our nature so glaring as not to be veiled from observation by politeness and good-breeding.

My name is Jimmy, but my friends just call methe hideous penguin boy.

Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales.

Life don't owe you nothing.

People are afraid of things they don't understand.

The day I got called up to the majors I wasn't feeling well. I had gone out with my friends for 'sodas' the night before.

Money can run out but talent is forever

We have to stop and be humble enough to understand that there is something called mystery.

Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern; one is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly.

A nation is not a budget, no matter how much ideologues want it to be so.

A friend is one who joyfully sings with you when you are on the mountaintop, and silently walks beside you through the valley.