'Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest, or for their wit that one loves the wittiest; 'tis for benevolence, and virtue, and honest fondness, one loves people...

A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass.

I think character never changes; the Acorn becomes an Oak, which is very little like an Acorn to be sure, but it never becomes an Ash.

Friendship is far more delicate than love.

Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest...

Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes - worse.

Nothing is so fatiguing as the life of a wit.

We look on those approaching the banks of a river all must cross, with ten times the interest they excited when dancing in the meadow.

[Samuel] Johnson's conversation was by much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery; it was mustard in a young child's mouth!

I am perpetually bringing or losing babies, both very dreadful operations to me, and which tear mind and body both in pieces very cruelly.

If truth can be found in any sublunary science, numbers will produce it, for to that at last almost all other sciences refer for confirmation.

Time is just going on and on .But I still here Idle just Waiting for someone and nothing else

Every reader, as he reads, is actually the reader of himself.

Always plan no matter how improbable it seems. . The bill for hindsight is much more expensive than the reciept for foresight.

We are all disciples of the light.

I've made mistakes in my life for sure.

The first principle of my own philosophy is that wisdom is meant for anyone who wishes to reach for it. It is the servant of commoner and king alike and should never be regarded with awe.

You can't get dressed without good hair.

Vengeance is a dish best served cold. (Thanatos) We’re in Alaska, dickhead. Here everything is cold. (Zarek)

If the careers want me, let them find me.

Jesus, he meets you where you are. Jesus, he heals your secret scars.