What do you do there, moon, in the sky? Tell me what you do, silent moon. When evening comes you rise and go contemplating wastelands; then you set.

Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind.

No human trait deserves less tolerance in everyday life, and gets less, than intolerance.

Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything.

He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die.

It's interesting to observe that almost all truly worthy men have simple manners, and that simple manners are almost always taken as a sign of little worth

People are ridiculous only when they try or seem to be that which they are not.

Ignorance is the greatest source of happiness.

The most solid pleasure in this life is the empty pleasure of illusion.

In all climates, under all skies, man's happiness is always somewhere else.

Irresolute men are sometimes very persistent in their undertakings, because if they give up their designs they would have to make a second resolution.

No matter who’s looking at you, love, honesty, and kindness will always make you beautiful!

Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust.

We can seek God and find him! God is knowable, touchable, hearable, seeable, with the mind, the hands, the ears and the eyes of the inner man.

The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.

Terrorism and war have something in common. They both involve the killing of innocent people to achieve what the killers believe is a good end.

The state of our state is fragile, but I know our spirit and love for Nevada is not.

So much tension around here in New York. They want to fine you for every little thing you do.

No matter how much fame you have, it's not something that belongs to you. If I'm famous, that doesn't belong to me-that belongs to you. If you can't remember who I am, I'm no longer famous.

Occasionally, a man must rise above principles.

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