Oft has good nature been the fool's defence, And honest meaning gilded want of sense.

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments.

Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.

We may daily discover crowds acquire sufficient wealth to buy gentility, but very few that possess the virtues which ennoble human nature, and (in the best sense of the word) constitute a gentleman.

A statue in a garden is to be considered as one part of a scene or landscape.

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.

The difference there is betwixt honor and honesty seems to be chiefly the motive; the mere honest man does that from duty which the man of honor does for the sake of character.

The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters.

Giving without expectation is the beauty of humanity and its foundation.

Going to see plays isn't what you people should do. Try looking at yourselves a little more often and see what gray lives you all lead. How much of what you say is unnecessary.

What about the future?" "We'll talk about the future when it gets here.

It was better that we never apologized to each other. Then we'd be admitting that we were wrong and we owed each other something. That's where people got into trouble.

Whether you think a film will affect society or it's plain entertainment, it's all excellent, it's all noble.

Leadership is developed daily, not in a day.

I went to Clive Davis' Grammy party, and I nearly spontaneously combusted because everyone on my iPod was there!

Without your downs, without your hardships, I don't think you appreciate the ups as much.

The people do not mind fornication but they loathe adultery.

I applaud what the Oscars are doing to promote diversity. I think it's great.