That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.

However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.

The happier time, the quicker it passes

And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.

It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it. -Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas

Too much polishing weakens rather than improves a work.

There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part. -Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit

Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions.

It is wonderful how the mind is stirred and quickened into activity by brisk bodily exercise.

Everyone is prejudiced in favor of his own powers of discernment.

The erection of a monument is superfluous, our memory will endure if our lives have deserved it.

Be happy and enjoy your sacred time on earth.

But I think bands that rolled in with a big attitude, like they were some big deal, I just found that very strange.

It seems like every time I start to feel good, something really awful happens. It's like... it's really terrible.

Earth's noblest thing,-a woman perfected.

If you want to do what you want to do, you have to look a certain way.

I always feel like I'm missing out on something, that someone is having more fun than I am, so I take measures to make sure that is impossible.

In a free society, individuals have the right to do right or wrong, as long as they don't threaten or infringe upon the rights or property of others.

Commit yourself to an organization or cause that genuinely fires you up.

Life is the steam of the corporeal engine; the soul is the engineer who makes use of the steam-quickened engine.

Comedy is unique in the sense that laughter is a palpable noise that everyone makes.