Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.

Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

It's all part of my spirituality, as the wind softly kisses my face, and the world travels beneath me.

Why I love chess and tennis - the volleying aspect, and the fact that your competitors' reactions and motivations and bluffs come into the game itself.

Geopolitical interests are behind the so-called war on drugs and terrorism.

I am the most misunderstood and misrepresented of men. Misrepresented because misunderstood.

My goal is to have that be a haven for families.

Man is the plumeless genus of bipeds, birds are the plumed.

As far as you can, do some manual work so as to be able to give alms, for it is written that alms and faith purify from sin.

Our campaign is powered by college students who are not about to let the first genocide of the 21st century happen on their watch.

My objective is to satisfy [my] audience so they come back the next day.

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.