Whatever natural right men may have to freedom and independency, it is manifest that some men have a natural ascendency over others.

Good-humor is allied to generosity, ill-humor to meanness.

Good-humor will sometimes conquer ill-humor, but ill-humor will conquer it oftener; and for this plain reason, good-humor must operate on generosity, ill-humor on meanness.

Despair gives the shocking ease to the mind that a mortification gives to the body.

Discernment is a power of the understanding in which few excel. Is not that owing to its connection with impartiality and truth? for are not prejudice and partiality blind?

To divest one's self of some prejudices would be like taking off the skin to feel the better.

Avarice starves its possessor to fatten those who come after, and who are eagerly awaiting the demise of the accumulator.

Envy is but the smoke of low estate, Ascending still against the fortunate.

Our companions please us less from the charms we find in their conversation than from those they find in ours.

What an argument in favor of social connections is the observation that by communicating our grief we have less, and by communicating our pleasure we have more.

A lively and agreeable man has not only the merit of liveliness and agreeableness himself, but that also of awakening them in others.

…the great thing about literature is that you can imagine

My gut is telling me you're innocent." His gaze went to the gun and then back to her face. "Relatively innocent.

Photography promises an enhanced mastery of nature, but photography also threatens conflagration and anarchy.

We have no healthcare and we have all the guns in the world, it makes you think twice before you start throwing punches in a bar.

Old people, don't watch it because you might die just watching it.

I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to discover. I don't want to waste time with what I already know.

If you want to see birds, you must have birds in your heart.

I was just watching baby videos of me and I was obviously an exhibitionist.

Being humbled is always good for us, even if it doesn't feel good to us.

I'm lucky - I can do two things at once.