The mind is never more highly gratified than in contemplating a natural landscape.

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.

Spread peace and love. Be the bearer of the light of love.

It would have been better if I had won, but reaching the final was perfect.

We can't really understand just how wonderful Heaven will be unless we first know how wonderful each of us will be when we get there.

That's what we all do: endlessly take the long way around.

Rapping is talking and communicating, and that's always good.

wheresoever the earth may be placed, or whithersoever it may be carried by its animal faculty, heavy bodies will always be carried towards it.

If I can do it, you can do it.

The spine is the tree of life. Respect it.

The greatest romance is with the Infinite.

Killing ain't fair, but somebody gotta do it.