Nothing is so improving to the temper as the study of the beauties either of poetry, eloquence, music, or painting.

There is no such thing as freedom of choice unless there is freedom to refuse.

Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.

A wise man proportions his belief to the evidence.

When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty.

All knowledge degenerates into probability.

It is an absurdity to believe that the Deity has human passions, and one of the lowest of human passions, a restless appetite for applause

It is always a joyful spring when your heart can dance and your soul can sing.

Awareness is learning implemented.

Only yield when you must never "give up the ship " but fight on to the last "with a stiff upper lip!"

If you have autism in the family history, you still vaccinate. Delay it a bit, space them out.

The farther reason looks the greater is the haze in which it loses itself.

To have too much time is not good, you have to force yourself. And human beings aren't meant for true freedom. I've learned that, having had it.

Peter Mandelson is one of the most odious, self-satisfied, misogynistic men I have ever met. Compellingly, fascinatingly horrible.

Who said you had to fill his shoes? Wear your own shoes. They're bound to fit better. Walk your own path your own way and you'll be more likely to get to where you need to be.

Color is the essence of painting, which the subject always killed.

Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.