No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.

Logic is the art of thinking well: the mind, like the body, requires to be trained before it can use its powers in the most advantageous way.

Luxury possibly may contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.

Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.

Parsimony is enough to make the master of the golden mines as poor as he that has nothing; for a man may be brought to a morsel of bread by parsimony as well as profusion.

Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.

To a zealot every one of his own sect is a saint, while the most upright of a different sect are to him children of perdition.

Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly polished and refined.

The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel.

Never stop dreaming. Never stop listening to the music that is inside of you.

You’re actually fulfilling your calling by going to work and giving your best.

When a person becomes happy, the world becomes lighter! If all becomes happy, the world will be weightless!

Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.

That was the justice of Heaven. I trust that you are not dismayed.

Being 'Johnny' was almost like an out of body experience. I thought he was just a character that I'd created and could quite easily step away from, but it was much more difficult than that.

Thanksgiving is worry's kryptonite.

But I find that the keyboard is the complete instrument you know?

I understand what it's like to go to hospitals and there's no medicine, and the best thing you have to give the patients is compassion.

I don't think there's any pop music directed at the peculiar class of anger that I know women of my age feel.