I was going home two hours ago, but was met by Mr. Griffith, who has kept me ever since. . . . I will come within a pint of wine.

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.

Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.

Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications.

A man is free to go up as high as he can reach up to; but I, with all my style and pep, can't get a man my equal because a girl is always judged by her mother.

Doomed enterprises divide lives forever into the then and now

I've always seen myself in sentences. I begin to recognize myself, word by word, as I work through a sentence.

Our industry [classic music] has kind of retarded into this kind of endless cover-producing thing, and it's a pity.

I make it a point to go home every weekend so I can meet with Georgians and hear from them directly.

Today in India there are all sections of people, as the BJP realized when the poor voted them out.

Countries should think of Haiti not as a place where to do charity but a place where to invest and do business. And doing business in Haiti means poverty reduction.

I place the blame with our own leaders who are not defending our interests. A strong euro is ruining our economy.

If you work for money, you give the power to your employer. If your money works for you, you keep and control the power.

The idea part is simple but the visual perception is complex.