Will an intelligent spectator not admire the prodigeous structures of Stone-Henge because he does not know by what law of mechanics they were raised?

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient when there be no redress.

I never invite idiots to my house.

it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it.

Any wife will save you from purgatory, and a diligent one will secure heaven to you.

The only thing one can do one day one did not do the day before is to die.

The muses crown virtue when fortune refuses to do it.

The outrages of the powerful, the insolence of the rich, scorn of the proud, and malice of the uncharitable, all beating against the broken spirit of the unfortunate.

I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire.

Not to be miserable is all some people are capable of.

Few people know anything of the English history but what they learn from Shakespear; for our story is rather a tissue of personal adventures and catastrophes than a series of political events.

Small men command the letter of the law. Great men serve its spirit. For the spirit of the law is justice... and justice is the spirit of God.

The most beautiful thing in the world is, of course, the world itself.

The true meaning of feminism is this: to use your strong womanly image to gain strong results in society.

One in four corporations doesn't pay any taxes.

Functional exercise is not defined by what it looks like, it's defined by what it produces

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.

there is such a mistaken notion abroad in this country that the individual who makes sharp remarks must be sincere, while the one who says pleasant things must be more or less a humbug.

War should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.

Kids pick up and absorb a lot more than you think they do. I try to do what I think is right, and I try to lead by example.

He who does not live in some degree for others, hardly lives for himself.