Gratitude is a duty none can be excused from, because it is always at our own disposal.

The advice of friends must be received with a judicious reserve; we must not give ourselves up to it and follow it blindly, whether right or wrong.

It is certainly much easier wholly to decline a passion than to keep it within just bounds and measures; and that which few can moderate almost anybody may prevent.

Pleasure and pain, though directly opposite are contrived to be constant companions.

He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestows should never remember it.

Wise men mingle mirth with their cares, as a help either to forget or overcome them; but to resort to intoxication for the ease of one's mind is to cure melancholy by madness.

Riches should be admitted into our houses, but not into our hearts; we may take them into our possession, but not into our affections.

All religions are pieced together out of elements which seem so at odds with reason that any intelligence laughs at them.

To owe an obligation to a worthy friend is a happiness, and can be no disparagement.

Wounds and hardships provoke our courage, and when our fortunes are at the lowest, our wits and minds are commonly at the best.

God, Nature, the wise, the world, preach man, exhort him both by word and deed to the study of himself.

Nobody has ever measured, not even poets, how much the heart can hold.

You can’t demand peace, but you can reduce the reasons for war.

A thankful heartis the key to overflowing joy.

Trust is learning how you feel about yourself, not how others feel about you.Do you trust how you feel.If not, why.

Ultimately, it is in fun. It is supposed to be highly entertaining.

Never say never. For the right reason, over the years I've been auctioning off masks for charity and it's always for a good cause. I think you would regret it if you just sold it for money.

How can the planet keep turning and turning and not get so bored it explodes?

True education must correspond to the surrounding circumstances or it is not a healthy growth.

Fearlessness isn't a place your reach. It's a commitment you make.

I think I should date a normal girl. I am tired of dating heroines. While I believe in marriage as an institution, I am also petrified of it.