Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly polished and refined.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.

Logic is the art of thinking well: the mind, like the body, requires to be trained before it can use its powers in the most advantageous way.

Luxury possibly may contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.

Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.

Parsimony is enough to make the master of the golden mines as poor as he that has nothing; for a man may be brought to a morsel of bread by parsimony as well as profusion.

Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.

To a zealot every one of his own sect is a saint, while the most upright of a different sect are to him children of perdition.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel.

I could tell that my parents hated me. My bath toys were a toaster and a radio.

We must stop expecting the government to play the role of national transformation why we sit down and watch.

There is a special aura about artists who take their visions to the highest pinnacles of success ... I get very excited about the magnitude of the aura I see, when Alan performs.

Many artists stick to making and hire a manager to focus on their business. Artists that build websites and mobile apps can do that, too.

The child saies nothing, but what it heard by the fire.

The moon is so beautiful. It's a big silver dollar, flipped by God. And it landed scarred side up, see? So He made the world.

I know my lies are always wishes.

But Fascism cannot continue in a modified form.

It's an ancient and honorable term for the final step in any engineering project. Turn it on, see if it smokes.

Next to invention is the power of interpreting invention; next to beauty the power of appreciating beauty.