A vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love.

The powers of a man's mind are directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drank.

Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself.

Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions.

The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity.

The frivolous work of polished idleness.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Whatever is popular deserves attention.

Praise is the symbol which represents sympathy, and which the mind insensibly substitutes for its recollection and language.

It is right to be content with what we have, never with what we are.

Those who differ most from the opinions of their fellow men are the most confident of the truth of their own.

Some dark Presence watching by my bed, The awful image of a nameless dread ―

No, I'm not interested in politics. I have zero interest. I have interest in hope and people.

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.

America stands for individual liberty, but that means an ordered liberty.

Attractive things work better When you wash and wax a car, it drives better, doesn’t it? Or at least feels like it does.

Liberty is never out of bounds or off limits; it spreads wherever it can capture the imagination of men.

I was born with the gift.

Statesmen are not only liable to give an account of what they say or do in public, but there is a busy inquiry made into their very meals, beds, marriages, and every other sportive or serious action.

Models now need to promote themselves, think like businesswomen and diversify their careers by doing other things. Chances are very slim that a mere model will become a household name today.

The job of the poet is to use language effectively, his own language, the only language which is to him authentic.