There is no accounting for tastes.

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.

To a generous mind few circumstances are more afflicting than a discovery of perfidy in those whom we have trusted.

How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!

Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.

Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it.

Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.

The passions are the seeds of vices as well as of virtues, from which either may spring, accordingly as they are nurtured. Unhappy they who have never been taught the art to govern them!

When it's gone, you'll know what a gift love was. You'll suffer like this. So go back and fight to keep it.

Sleep disorders are a known occupational hazard to astronomers and their support staff.

You have to sound sad first of all, then maybe later you can sound good.

The difference between a human being ten years of age and one fifty years of age lies altogether in the matter of toys.

I have seen games on Xbox 360 and HD TV and I'm amazed at how realistic the players look.

Talent is everywhere, winning attitude is not.

It's frightful that people who are so ignorant should have so much influence.

No law can give power to private persons; every law transfers power from private persons to government.

The reason I'm disabled is because I have wounds and injuries that I got while on active duty ... from parachute jumping to combat to gunshot wounds, all that stuff.

I'll toss my coins in the fountain, Look for clovers in grassy lawns Search for shooting stars in the night Cross my fingers and dream on.