We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.

Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that of humanity, and slander mankind without compromising ourselves.

The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.

The young suffer less from their own errors than from the cautiousness of the old.

You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

Action makes more fortune than caution.

Courage is adversity's lamp.

Most people grow old within a small circle of ideas, which they have not discovered for themselves. There are perhaps less wrong-minded people than thoughtless.

I know that language will be a crucial instrument, that I can overcome the stigma of my marginality, the weight of presumption against me, only if the reassuringly right sounds come out of my mouth.

I stopped short and sighed as Derek stepped up behind me, arms sliding around my waist. I leaned back against him and rel

We like other people to show themselves to us as they really are.

I was made for action movies.

When given the chance, women have proven they will participate in the electoral process.

The essence of tyranny is the denial of complexity.

People who think they know usually stopped thinking long ago.

Matt: I know you can cook. Meredith: What makes you so sure? Matt: Because less than an hour ago, you set me on fire.

We are not as strong as we think we are

Average feels safe but it's not. It's invisible.