There is nothing more unnatural to religion than contentions about it.

We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

The judge is nothing but the law speaking.

Truth is not only a man's ornament but his instrument; it is the great man's glory, and the poor man's stock: a man's truth is his livelihood, his recommendation, his letters of credit.

None are so empty as those who are full of themselves.

Only madmen and fools are pleased with themselves; no wise man is good enough for his own satisfaction.

The Devil often finds work for them who find none for themselves.

When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.

The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.

A benefactor is a representative of God.

Habent sua fata libelli et balli [Books and bullets have their own destinies]

Writing: I certainly do rewrite my central myth in every book and would never read or trust any writer who did not also do so.

Wanting a more positive environment isn't enough. You need to do something, and it doesn't require a great deal of effort or some huge change in the way you approach things at work.

My own American Dream was to serve my country as best I could and make a difference in America - and in the world.

There is no global warming problem, there isn't going to be a global warming problem. Sit back and enjoy the sunshine.

Give loosers leave to talke.

If I die, I die friendless and abandoned. What choice did that leave him, but to live?

There are three iron links in the neurotic's chain: unloving, unlovable, unloved.

I suppose when I was a kid, and I went to movies, and later went to some plays on my own when I got a little older, in New Orleans, where I was living then, I zeroed in on the actor.

We live in a material world, not a dramatic one.