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

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.

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!

Pleasure is the business of the young, business the pleasure of the old.

Only a very foolish person would think that specialized knowledge is important in everything apart from agriculture and farming

I don't need a successor, only willing hands to accept the torch for a new generation.

Hideki Irabu had a very good curveball. Just a straight up and down, swing-and-miss curveball.

A need for many candles may arise in every nation's history to light up the darkness in the country. Most of the time, the youth is the very candles themselves!

Open the door by yourself instead of waiting the door to be opened by itself!

Tramps Like Us is The GREATEST Bruce Springsteen Tribute Band In The LAND! I've witnessed them on several occasions and their performances are SECOND TO NONE !

The person who has the strong ownership of free speech is the one who owns the press.

Adversity can strengthen you if you have the will to grind it out.

Right now I'm just trying to survive, I know I'm gonna get there, dead or alive.

I've had the pleasure to work with a lot of very great actors. And they're too different to say who's the best.