Flee idleness... for no one is more exposed to such temptations than he who has nothing to do.

Freedom of belief is pernicious, it is nothing but the freedom to be wrong.

There is no one who is without faults, and who is not in some way a burden to others, whether he is a superior or a subject, an old man or a young one, a scholar or a dunce.

To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin".

It is not difficult for one seal to make many impressions exactly alike, but to vary shapes almost infinitely, which is what God has done in creation, this is in truth a divine work.

God has implanted a natural tendency to the monarchial form of government not only in the hearts of men but in practically all things.

Political rule is so natural and necessary to the human race that it cannot be withdrawn without destroying nature itself; for the nature of man is such that he is a social animal.

she might have been pretty when she started out, but the world had moved on since then.

And then the great music of which the world is made took him over, beyond thought, beyond control until he heard her cry his name and they fell together off the edge of the world.

For me, habit is just a synonym for death.

We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it.

It sounds maybe a little old fashioned, but the parts I want to play and I do play, you don't want to inject too much of your own personality. What you sacrifice then is a slight mystery.

God doesn’t want to take your money. He just doesn’t want your money to take you.

Eloquence is the child of knowledge.

If mutual fund directors are independent, then I'm the lead character in the Bolshoi Ballet.

The Great Gatsby' [...] was my 'Tom Sawyer' when I was twelve [....]

Loss is not as bad as wanting more.