Ridicule has followed the vestiges of truth, but never usurped her place.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

Men who fear God face life fearlessly. Men who do not fear God end up fearing everything.

He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish.

If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.

Know then, unnumber'd Spirits round thee fly, The light Militia of the lower sky.

Data is your eyes, not your brain.

I'm singing for the love of it/Have mercy on the man who sings to be adored.

Before I began seeing a therapist, I lost a few iPhones due to chucking them across a room.

Remember the Bob Dylan rule: it's not just a record, it's a movement.

Nobody sees anybody truly, but all through the flaws of their own ego.

He knows that as long as a man keeps his faith in God and in himself nothing can permanently defeat him.