We seldom call anybody lazy, but such as we reckon inferior to us, and of whom we expect some service.

If Courtezans and Strumpets were to be prosecuted with as much Rigour as some silly People would have it, what Locks or Bars would be sufficient to preserve the Honour of our Wives and Daughters?

Pride and vanity have built more hospitals than all the virtues together.

Those who get their living by their daily labor . . . have nothing to stir them up to be serviceable but their wants which it is a prudence to relieve, but folly to cure.

Knowledge both enlarges and multiplies our Desires, and the fewer things a Man wishes for, the more easily his Necessities may be supply'd.

It does. This is how it should have been anyway.' I caught my breath as he kissed my neck, teeth grating my skin. 'And I'll take back what's mine.

It is not the size of the candle that matters, but the size of its light.

When You Are Just You, People Will Always Bring Themselves.

In the foundation and development of a successful enterprise there must be a single-minded pursuit of financial profit.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

From a personal standpoint, playing someone judged negatively by her friends is not difficult.

The destination of the photograph is to reveal what something or somebody looked like, under a particular set of conditions, at a particular moment in time, and to transmit the results to others.

Censorship feeds the dirty mind more than the four-letter word itself.

The passion of the Italian or the Italian-American population is endless for food and lore and everything about it.

Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you'll find the real tinsel underneath.