We give empathy to others for our own benefit.
Is it not odd that the only generous person I ever knew, who had money to be generous with, should be a stockbroker.
Life may change, but it may fly not; Hope may vanish, but can die not; Truth be veiled, but still it burneth; Love repulsed, - but it returneth!
When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even.
The more we study the more we discover our ignorance.
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear.
Every leader operates under the threat of assassination.
The smart ones ask when they don't know. And, sometimes, when they do.
Everything resembles the truth, everything can happen to a man.
Poverty is no sinne. [Poverty is no sin. ]