He that would be a master must draw from the life as well as copy from originals, and join theory and experience together.

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.

There were valuable first editions of books in the enormous library, most of them had been scribbled in by some idiot named Will H.

For one to be free there must be at least two.

How many of us will ever sit... bow our heads and pray "Lord show me where I'm wrong"?

Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.

A prince wants only the pleasure of private life to complete his happiness.

Knowing comedy is knowing human nature.

Hollywood's full of transients. Everybody comes from somewhere else.

When you go to bed tonight, ask yourself 'What percentage of my day did I spend creating residual income?' If the answer is ZERO, you're in trouble.

... frugality makes a poor man rich.

There are two fatal errors that keep great projects from coming to life: 1. Not finishing 2. Not starting.