The most trying fools are the bright ones.

Most frequently we make confidants from vanity, a love of talking, a wish to win the confidence of others, and to make an exchange of secrets.

The highest skill is the true judgment of values.

Deprived of the company of fools, a great wit does not seem half so clever.

However different men's fortunes may be, there is always something or other that balances the ill and the good, and makes all even at last.

The unbosoming oneself to another is a kind of release to the soul, which strives to lighten its burden and find ease by throwing off the weight that lay heavy upon it.

Young women that would not be thought coquettish, and old men that would not be ridiculous, should never talk of love, as if they had any concern in it.

Nothing is given so willingly as advice.

More things are left undone through neglect of duty than through neglect of self-interest.

Is that the way you live your life, logic over emotion?” “That’s the way I run my business. Up to now, there hasn’t been any overlap.

Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now.

That sense of contributing to a community is never more rewarding than when you discover something that you believe can improve your readers’ lives by changing what and how they think.

My initial goal for the 1984 opening ceremonies was a show that would be majestic, inspirational, and emotional - a 20 goosebump experience.

O ye that dwell on earth! The religion of God is for love and unity; make it not the cause of enmity or dissension.

Theorems are not to mathematics what successful courses are to a meal.

Many of the French follow a Trade with the Indians, living very conveniently for that Interest.

In no other sport must the spectator move.

I think that Americans find the Australian humour and the energy of Australians very refreshing - we are quite self-deprecating, we're light-hearted and can have a laugh.

Those who condemn the self-righteous for the sake of self-discovery do so with ironic self-righteousness.