Some men mistake generosity for charity: these flatter themselves that they are giving gratuitously, whilst they are merely rewarding secret services offered their vanity.
Most men appear wiser in their doubts than in their belief.
Ignorance is better than knowledge misapplied.
All that weak people learn from disappointment, is less confidence in future enterprise.
The most frequent cause of regret for what we have done is because its effects interfere with what we would do.
We often suffer more from our fears, than from the dangers of our situation.
My dad had this thing – everyone in Canada wants to play hockey; that’s all they want to do. So when I was a kid, whenever we skated my dad would not let us on the ice without hockey sticks, because of this insane fear we would become figure skaters!
Kenny G has a Christmas album out this year. Hey, happy birthday Jesus! Hope you like crap!
Few criminals die sensible of their crimes.
If you’re looking for the suspect in a suicide bombing, here’s a clue: Look for the dead guy.
If you cannot patiently bear correction, endeavor to avoid fault.
A lot of people think I’m difficult to work with. It’s not like I really want to do that much stuff, so it doesn’t really matter. I guess I’m somewhat difficult when it comes to comedy.
Few are more unhappy than those who have great ambition, but little energy to urge it into activity.
They that are fated to be fools, have one consolation, that they are fated also to be ignorant of it.
Laws, however divine in origin and institution, would be found of little coercion among men, were the administration of them not committed to mortals.
Jealousy seldom punishes with the severity it suffers.
None seem to bear the imputation of supposed guilt with greater intolerance than such as are, on other occasions, obviously culpable of vice or crime.
The young compliment their greatness on the number of their friends; the old, on the confidence of them.
The reason we have few friends in adversity, is, because we have no true ones in prosperity.
Reason is always weak where prejudice is strong.