The coward reckons himself cautious, the miser frugal.

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.

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.

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

As long as you're actively trying to achieve your goals your successes are rewards and your short comings are lessons learned

The most delicious sensation of all is the re-birth of healthy human love. Spring coming back to Earth!

It is not what happens that determines the major part of your future. What happens, happens to us all. It is what you do about what happens that counts.

I have a nice little house in LA. Well, the bedroom is nice. I have French doors in the bedroom. They don't open unless I lick them.

I've often stood silent at a party for hours listening to my movie idols turn into dull and little people.

All activities and events that a body is to go through are determined at the time of conception.

When circumstances defy order, order should bend or break: anomalies and uncertainties give validity to architecture.

One has to discover everything for oneself. And get over it all alone.

If you're a retail investor, you have set aside some of your hard-earned money for investment or to create a nest egg, for your kids or family.