The first Care in building of Cities, is to make them airy and well perflated; infectious Distempers must necessarily be propagated amongst Mankind living close together.

Mathematical Knowledge adds a manly Vigour to the Mind, frees it from Prejudice, Credulity, and Superstition.

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

He that sows his grain upon marble will have many a hungry belly before his harvest.

Truth is the same thing to the understanding, as Music to the ear, and Beauty to the eye.

Biography is one of the new terrors of death.

Law is a Bottomless-Pit, it is a Cormorant, a Harpy, that devours every thing.

Unjust force can never give any just dominion.

Mathematical studies may serve for a pleasant entertainment for those hours which young men are apt to throw away upon their vices.

What I have said may serve to recommend mathematics for acquiring a vigorous constitution of mind; for which purpose they are as useful as exercise is for procuring health and strength to the body.

Never contradict. Never explain. Never apologize. (Those are the secrets of a happy life!)

If people read poetry, they would be happier.

Go, " he said. "This is your journey, your battle. Be brave. Find your gift. Use it to save what you love.

I like the way my own feet smell. I love to smell my sneakers when I take them off.

I imagine the earth when I am no more: Women's dresses, dewy lilacs, a song in the valley. Yet the books will be there on the shelves, well born, Derived from people, but also from radiance, heights.

When I've been open and accepting of where I am, things start opening up.

The preoccupation with transition and with surgery objectifies trans people, and we don't get to really deal with the real lived experiences.

A new broom can sweep the floor, but an old broom knows where the dirt is.

Everybody is doing the best things possible to still healthy and to play as long as possible.

I am open and will continue to be open to ways to limit abortion. What I am not open to is to removing the right.

People are always introducing me as Sarah Silverman, Jewish comedienne. I hate that! I wish people would see me for who I really am — I'm white!