It is from the remembrance of joys we have lost that the arrows of affliction are pointed.

Pedantry, in the common acceptation of the word, means an absurd ostentation of learning, and stiffness of phraseology, proceeding from a misguided knowledge of books and a total ignorance of men.

It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which becomes a man.

What signifies sadness, sir; a man grows lean on it.

Mankind in the gross is a gaping monster, that loves to be deceived and has seldom been disappointed.

Distance gives a clearer view. You can't see the facade of a building while staying inside.

Keep your spirits up, for the demons are scared of salvation.

The pain will always be in you — but you will not always be in pain.

No matter your reason, if you sacrifice your health, you’re making the wrong choice.

A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

Nothing is ugly as long as it is alive.

How I have yearned for the sound of your sweet voice,” Tyrion sighed to her. “How I have yearned to have that eunuch’s tongue pulled out with hot pincers,” Cersei replied.

Out of respect to writers, you have to read the book in the way in which the author visualised it going out into the world.

Putin needed an enemy, an Other, against which to mobilize. LGBT people are really convenient: we're sort of the ultimate foreign agent.

If you want to know if someone is a "spiritual being" ask yourself, "Is he or she breathing?" If the answer is yes, then you know that you are in the presence of a spiritual being.