Nothing is so fatiguing as the life of a wit.

A physician can sometimes parry the scythe of death, but has no power over the sand in the hourglass.

I think character never changes; the Acorn becomes an Oak, which is very little like an Acorn to be sure, but it never becomes an Ash.

Friendship is far more delicate than love.

Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest...

'Tis never for their wisdom that one loves the wisest, or for their wit that one loves the wittiest; 'tis for benevolence, and virtue, and honest fondness, one loves people...

Women bear Crosses better than Men do, but bear Surprizes - worse.

We look on those approaching the banks of a river all must cross, with ten times the interest they excited when dancing in the meadow.

[Samuel] Johnson's conversation was by much too strong for a person accustomed to obsequiousness and flattery; it was mustard in a young child's mouth!

I am perpetually bringing or losing babies, both very dreadful operations to me, and which tear mind and body both in pieces very cruelly.

If truth can be found in any sublunary science, numbers will produce it, for to that at last almost all other sciences refer for confirmation.

Life is so sweet. A man will even kiss the a** of his enemy to have his head spared

So never be embarrassed by mistakes, rather, be thankful for them, because they always present an opportunity for personal growth.

But beautiful girl above all beautiful girls, ' he wrote back, 'This is my home.

If You Are Feeling Blue, Try To Paint The Sky With It. When Its Done, Look At It And Then Definitely The Golden Sun Will Come Out From You To Brighten Up Your Entire Day....

Those who choose not to empathise enable real monsters. For without ever committing an act of outright evil ourselves, we collude with it, through our own apathy.

Everything has got its right size. When it is its right size and well run it's the tops.

Who doesn't like money? I love money. Why not. My subject matter will change when I get to that point.

When we suffer, there will sometimes be mystery... Will there also be faith?

If you eat one less candy bar or donut a day, you're doing your body some good.

The creative individual is no longer viewed as an iconoclast. He—or she—is the new mainstream.