None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

The judge is nothing but the law speaking.

Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.

When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.

The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.

A benefactor is a representative of God.

A wise man will not communicate his differing thoughts to unprepared minds, or in a disorderly manner.

I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.

The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.

(The discovery of penicillin) was a triumph of accident, a fortunate occurrence which happened while I was working on a purely academic bacteriological problem.

If you know two languages, the level of your intelligence is multiplied a hundredfold in other people's eyes.

Still, looking through the old volumes was soothing, because thinking of the past made the present seem a little less real.

Art is expression, and to have high expression you must have something high to express.

It strikes me as odd that the free exercise of religious faith is sometimes treated as a problem, something America is stuck with instead of blessed with.

I'm not trying to find answers anymore. I'm trying to live what I know.

To be different is to have value. In this sense all things have equal, absolute value. Each thing has absolute value and thus is equal to everything else.

I think anyone loves to play a character that is either evil to a certain extent or has a real definable character flaw. Those are always really fun, and, I think, funny.