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

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.

Be wise today so you don't cry tomorrow.

Set your goals high, and don’t stop till you get there.

If I am ever stuck on a respirator or a life support system I definitely want to be unplugged but not until I get down to size eight.

A worried man could borrow a lot of trouble with practically no collateral.

If you were an optimistic teen, then you'll be an optimist at 80. People's reactions to bad events are highly stable over a half century or more.

All one's personality is embedded in gloves and hats after they've been good and used. Show me a glove and I'll tell you the character of its owner.

Politicians are probably the most underrated people in our society.

The government should stop meddling in the business of the farmers, who would actually still be living ina desert if not for government meddling.

And this is what we called our childhoods. Little more than a dress rehearsal for adding our digits to the butcher's bill of war.

The plea of necessity, that eternal argument of all conspirators.