Whoever appears to have much cunning has in reality very little; being deficient in the essential article, which is, to hide cunning.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.

Logic is the art of thinking well: the mind, like the body, requires to be trained before it can use its powers in the most advantageous way.

Luxury possibly may contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.

Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.

Parsimony is enough to make the master of the golden mines as poor as he that has nothing; for a man may be brought to a morsel of bread by parsimony as well as profusion.

Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.

To a zealot every one of his own sect is a saint, while the most upright of a different sect are to him children of perdition.

Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly polished and refined.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

You have no idea how much the last few days have meant to me, " I began. "Meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me.

That's two full days away. Maybe, if I'm not dead by then, I can still take Sophie.

What can you say when your husband says: 'You can't expect me to remember your birthday when you never look any older."

I don't want to be a celebrity because that sucks. It's just madness.

I'm not a reporter but the 'New Yorker' treats everyone like a reporter.

Exact knowledge is the enemy of vitalism.

There's a market for mysteries for adults. That feeling of opening a book and delving inside and not coming out until you've closed the book.

The one thing I am most proud of myself is that I know how to keep my cool and not be intimidated - anyone can be beat.

The Lord put it clearly: you cannot serve two masters. You have to choose between God and money.

In any dispute, each side thinks it's in the right and the other side is demons.