It is an impertinent and unreasonable fault in conversation for one man to take up all the discourse.

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.

If the sound of happy children is grating on your ears, I don't think it's the children who need to be adjusted.

The freest societies are in a constant state of revolution.

Globalization is a great thing, but it needs a legal framework in which to blossom.

I also wanted to make a record that was about other things than romance, yeah, after two years on the road singing all the songs from the first album, I got kind of tired of that.

We seldom repent talking little, but very often talking too much.

I couldn't help wondering if that was what God put me on Earth for--to find out how much a man could take without breaking.

It's hard when your father's the coach. Sometimes you don't know where one leaves off and the other begins.

Behind every great achievement is a dreamer of great dreams.

Your needs will be met once you can find a way of projecting energy and fulfilling someone else's need.