They who are great talkers in company have never been any talkers by themselves, nor used to private discussions of our home regimen.

True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.

To love the public, to study universal good, and to promote the interest of the whole world, as far as lies within our power, is the height of goodness, and makes that temper which we call divine.

It is the hardest thing in the world to be a good thinker without being a good self examiner.

The greatest of fools is he who imposes on himself, and in his greatest concern thinks certainly he knows that which he has least studied, and of which he is most profoundly ignorant.

Men of sense are really all of one religion. But men of sense never tell what it is.

Nothing is more ridiculous than ridicule.

I would be virtuous for my own sake, though nobody were to know it; as I would be clean for my own sake, though nobody were to see me.

Remember that there is nothing in God but what is godlike; and that He is either not at all, or truly and perfectly good.

Gravity is of the very essence of imposture; it does not only mistake other things, but is apt perpetually almost to mistake itself.

It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.

The world is more exacting than God himself.

Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls.

It's amazing, the culture Coach Belichick has been able to create in our system.

I love Scotland - I was made an honorary Wallace after my work on 'Braveheart,' you know. If I have two or three days off, I love nothing more than driving up there and climbing around Glencoe.

Who doth right deeds Is twice born, and who doeth ill deeds vile.

Knowing about reincarnation helps us relax. It assists us with an understanding of death and dying. Death is not an end, quite the contrary.

An altruist is one who would be sincerely sorry to see his neighbor's children devoured by wolves.

The gold standard sooner or later will return with the force and inevitability of natural law, for it is the money of freedom and honesty.

I think that I am a pornographer, meaning that I make movies based on what excites me and what I would like to see.

Learn to listen and trust your inner voice