Miscellaneous Quotes

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.

All that is gold does not glitter; not all those that wander are lost.

A man can stand anything except a succession of ordinary days.

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity.

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

Man was made for action, and to promote by the exertion of his faculties such changes in the external circumstances both of himself and others, as may seem most favourable to the happiness of all.

Such is the delicacy of man alone, that no object is produced to his liking. He finds that in everything there is need for improvement. The whole industry of human life is employed not in procuring the supply of our three humble necessities, food, clothes and lodging, but in procuring the conveniences of it according to the nicety and delicacy of our tastes.

Man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and it is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only.

Every individual...generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention.

The difference between the most dissimilar characters, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much from nature, as from habit, custom, and education.

I'm so fast that, last night, I turned off the light switch in my hotel room and was in bed before the room was dark.

As the circle of light increases, so does the circumference of darkness around it.

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.

My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.

The only prize much cared for by the powerful is power.

Any fool can make a rule.

Plato was a bore.