You ask if we shall know our friends in heaven. - Do you suppose we are greater fools there than here?

Obedience to God is the most infallible evidence that creatures can exhibit of their sincere and supreme love to him.

I could never think well of a man's intellectual or moral character, if he was habitually unfaithful to his appointments.

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Be short in all religious exercises. Better leave the people longing than loathing.

One principal reason why men are so often useless is that they neglect their own profession or calling, and divide and shift their attention among a multitude of objects and pursuits.

The weakest spot in every man is where he thinks himself to be the wisest.

Any fact is better established by two or three good testimonies than by a thousand arguments.

Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with the beautiful veil of modesty

In reasoning upon moral subjects, we have great occasion for candor, in order to compare circumstances, and weigh arguments with impartiality.

All language is an aspiration to music.

I'll tell you what I'm grateful for, and that's the clarity of understanding that the most important things in life are health, family and friends, and the time to spend on them.

It would be easier for me to reject all established values, if I knew what they were.

A corporation has all the powers and privileges of an individual: all it lacks is a conscience.

Our expectations for a technology rise with its advancement.

Fundamentally, what everyone needs is mental strength and confidence, to manage the mind, just as we manage the outside world.

Italy is the worst country for bureaucracy around the world. And this is very important. If we have a system with a lot of politicians the consequence is 63 government change in 70 years.

I am mystified. I know only one person who voted for Nixon.

Civilization itself . . . can easily be swept aside when mob passions are aroused.