Whoever would be wise should read the Proverbs; whoever would be holy should read the Psalms.

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.

Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.

Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications.

Lack of purpose, not lack of opportunity, is the problem. We are all blessed with different gifts. Everything depends on what you do with yours

Narcissists are everywhere in this ripe age of self-love, which amazes me because so much in life would seem to foster humility.

There is no worse sorrow than remembering happiness in the day of sorrow.

The law has no compassion. And justice is administered without compassion.

Like all fads, corporate governance has its zealots.

a loss of sensibility follows a loss of innocence, at once a penalty and a compensation.

Wendy, Wendy, when you are sleeping in your silly bed you might be flying about with me saying funny things to the stars.

The bottom line in both cases is that people don't change; that no matter how charming you are and how fiercely you love, you cannot turn a person into something she's not.

There are always potential side effects for every vaccine.

Truth never lost ground by enquiry.