The beginning of wisdom is the knowledge of folly.

There is a very prevalent tenet with youth, that good company is every thing desirable, and that bad is even better than none.

In giving advice, aptitude is often less to be considered, than seasonableness.

If you're looking for the suspect in a suicide bombing, here's a clue: Look for the dead guy.

Happiness is less regulated by external circumstances than inward enjoyment. Whoever is happy in the satisfaction of himself feels imperturbable felicity; but he, who trusts entirely to the world for the disposition of his peace, must inevitably participate [in] many privations and disappointments.

I never had any interest in sitcoms or motion pictures or anything like that.

A capacity for hating the object of desire is, perhaps, the best cure for love in cases of disappointment.