Through certain humors or passions, and from temper merely, a man may be completely miserable, let his outward circumstances be ever so fortunate.

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.

Living in Hell kept him aware of the possibility of Heaven, and he’d never felt more alive.

Films should be for everybody.

It's hard to remember that this day will never come again. That the time is now and the place is here and that there are no second chances at a single moment.

It's a cowardly form of politics to use my spouse to beat me.

I don't try Sin. I do. Remember that.

Having faith, beliefs, and convictions is a great thing, but your life is measured by the actions you take based upon them.

There is no one who does not exaggerate. In conversation, men are encumbered with personality, and talk too much.

Most people I work with are older than me and the main thing I've learnt is that everyone is a dumb as an 18-year-old.

What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.

First, many in Wall Street - a community in which quality control is not prized - will sell investors anything they will buy.