It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.

Mathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs.

Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness.

Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.

He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

Slander is a complication, a comprisal and sum of all wickedness.

Think you're a slave and you'll find a master

pay attention before you find it difficult to digest the truth.

The more a victory cost, the more it was esteemed.

We begin to find and become ourselves when we notice how we are already found, already truly, entirely, wildly, messily, marvelously who we were born to be.

I do my talking inside the Octagon.

If you ever go bar hopping, who do you want to take with you? You want a slightly uglier version of yourself. Similar ... but slightly uglier.

The science of systematics has long been affected by profound philosophical preconceptions, which have been all the more influential for being usually covert, even subconscious.

Maria Sharapova is her own empire. She herself personally makes more in revenue than the entire WTA tour.

If only one fifth of your spells work you have real power. If only one fifth of your divinations work you have a serious disability.

I'm not really married to the craft of jazz - I'm married to me, and my style, and whatever I produce.