Religion is ... being as much like God as man can be.

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.

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

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.

The size of your storm determines the size of your rainbow.

If I've learned anything in my seventy years it's that nothing's as good or as bad as it appears.

Our strength is often composed of the weakness that we're damned if we are going to show.

Without freedom of speech, there is no modern world, just a barbaric one.

In this vast country that he had so loved, he was alone.

Do you hear the rain? Do you hear the rain?

To fly, we must have resistance.

Finding a calm place inside myself through meditation kind of helped me to get over a lot of mental illness ... it's just been a really great thing in my life.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Having a baby is like falling in love again, both with your husband and your child.