Violent passions are formed in solitude. In the busy world no object has time to make a deep impression.

The truly generous is the truly wise, and he who loves not others lives unblest!

Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.

Logic is the art of thinking well: the mind, like the body, requires to be trained before it can use its powers in the most advantageous way.

Luxury possibly may contribute to give bread to the poor; but if there were no luxury, there would be no poor.

Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.

Parsimony is enough to make the master of the golden mines as poor as he that has nothing; for a man may be brought to a morsel of bread by parsimony as well as profusion.

Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.

To a zealot every one of his own sect is a saint, while the most upright of a different sect are to him children of perdition.

Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly polished and refined.

No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.

In order to reach our goals we sometimes need a plan B. Other times we go all the way through to plan Z.

Delicacy in shaping desires of any kind will help to reach excellence, but failure will bring disaster.

The most destructive element in the human mind is fear. Fear creates aggressiveness aggressiveness engenders hostility hostility engenders fear-a disastrous circle.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skilfully.

You're so far off base this time you can't even see the base!

We all have a history of digital texts, posts, messages, reposts/tweets that are sitting out there and can be used by anyone for any reason.

We're an ideal political family, as accessible as Disneyland.

'Perfectionist' is the scariest word on a studio lot.

I'm destined to live and say things.

Play the game for more than you can afford to lose... only then will you learn the game.