If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Onemight as well try to ride two horses moving in different directions, as totry to maintain in equal force two opposing or contradictory sets of desires.

There are three faithful friends; and old wife, an old dog and ready money.

Old wood best of burn, old friend to trust and old authors to read.

Cheat me in the price but not in the goods i purchase.

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the goodintentions of those who create it.

Peoplespend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

Gossip is the art of saying nothing, in a manner that leaves nothing unsaid

Myinterest is in the future because I'm going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

Bestill when you have nothing to say; when genuine passion moves you, say whatyou've got to say, and say it hot.

Slander cannot destroy an honest man: when the flood recedes the rock is there.

Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried onhim personally.