Envy lies between two beings equal in nature though unequal in circumstances.

People's opinions of themselves are legible in their countenances.

As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.

Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped.

Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.

Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society, the corrupter of manners, and the underminer of property.

A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading.

Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impotence, folds its arms in despair.

People could live very happily without the Turner Prize, but they could not live without real communication and emotion.

I do not think that the real reason why people accept religion has anything to do with argumentation. They accept religion on emotional grounds.

I don't think my name would necessarily draw people to come see the movie. It might hurt the movie, honestly.

All State education is a sort of dynamo machine for polarizing the popular mind; for turning and holding its lines of force in the direction supposed to be most effective for State purposes.

There is no outward sign of true courtesy that does not rest on a deep moral foundation.

Sometimes people surprise us. People we believe we know.

I think that certain directors are better at choosing actors that match well with each other. And I have feelings about actors and who I think I'd work well with better moreso than others.

Personally I like to believe that all become honest, the millennium is round the corner!

In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.

There is no difference in who started to study first; the one who achieves accomplishment is first.