We anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethought of them.

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.

Was ever any wicked man free from the stings of a guilty conscience?

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Integrity gains strength by use.

Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale And silent, settles into full revenge.

Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate these affections will find ease in his mind.

Sleep like you can never be deadDream as if you have a soul inside your head

She loved him the way one loves an old bridge or a wool sweater or the sound of a growing tulip.

You know I dislike slavery; and you fully admit the abstract wrong of it.

I gave people the benefit of the doubt, thinking, so many people that appear very calm and even boring must have all these wild emotions and crazy ideas.

All great enterprises are self-supporting.

When I grow up I am going to be a ballerina. I will be in Giselle. It will be so much fun being a ballerina.

Art is a step in the known toward the unknown

Remain focused on fulfilling your business mission. Never allow adversity divert your attention and efforts.

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.

It is easier not to speak a word at all than to speak more words than we should.