When the mind has once begun to yield to the weakness of superstition, trifles impress it with the force of conviction.

One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world.

I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.

To a generous mind few circumstances are more afflicting than a discovery of perfidy in those whom we have trusted.

How strange it is, that a fool or knave, with riches, should be treated with more respect by the world, than a good man, or a wise man in poverty!

Such is the inconsistency of real love, that it is always awake to suspicion, however unreasonable; always requiring new assurances from the object of its interest.

There is no accounting for tastes.

When one can hear people moving, one does not so much mind, about one's fears.

There is some comfort in dying surrounded by one's children.

Never will I give my hand where my heart does not accompany it.

Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.

Let others see their own greatness when looking in your eyes.

Fate is unalterable only in the sense that given a cause, a certain result must follow, but no cause is inevitable in itself, and man can shape his world if he does not resign himself to ignorance.

'Civilians' is a term I love. It's what Elizabeth Hurley used to describe people who weren't on TV.

Science is not inherently good.

The navel center will bring the power of all three of the lower chakras into your being, but with safety.

Everyone is going to face challenges. What defines you is how you overcome those.

People know I was the last true champion.

Nothing is better for being Eternal Nor so white as the white that dies of a day.

Do I believe in ghosts? No, but I'm afraid of them.

I needed to grow up and do things all adults do. It was time to stop having everything spoon fed to me. It was about being independent.