Possession naturally abates the Vigour of Desire.

Nothing can be more true, than that the greatest Boasters have the least of what they pretend to.

Those Women who boast the Affections of their Admirers, have a greater share of Vanity than Love.

To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that Subject.

The Unhappy may, possibly, by indulging Thought, hit on some lucky Stratagem for the Relief of his Misfortunes, and the Happy may be infinitely more so by contemplating on his Condition.

There is one Quality, which has somewhat so heavenly in it; that by so much the more we are possess'd of it, by so much the more we draw nearer to the Great Author of Nature.

The jealous have but moments of Delight for years of Pain.

Those who are unjust in one Thing, will be so in others.

Those possest of the greatest Virtues are always least pleas'd with the repetition of them.

In fine, that it is not enough to be good, without behaving in such a manner as shall make others acknowledge us to be so.

You can never be too thin or too rich. And if you don't believe it you were never really fat or really poor.

Duck-bill, n. Your account at your restaurant during the canvas-back season.

Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It's up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.

imaginary things were often the only items of real substance in people's lives.

I've always said there are four words that every child in the world knows, and those are, "Tell me a story,." Even the people who wrote the Bible knew that. They told stories, like the story of Noah.

The epic disappeared along with the age of personal heroism; there can be no epic with artillery.

To function as an actress, I have to be in love. I have to have that incentive to work.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

Alright, the secret of happiness is simple: find out what you truly love to do and then direct all of your energy towards doing it.

Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.