It is no tragedy to do ungrateful people favors, but it is unbearable to be indebted to a scoundrel.
Friendship is given us by nature, not to favor vice, but to aid virtue.
Biggest affirmative argument I know in favor of 'If a man die, shall he live again?' is just the way you feel inside you that nothin' can stop you from livin' on.
. . . by chance you will say, but chance only favors the mind which is prepared.
We should try to succeed by merit, not by favor. He who does well will always have patrons enough. [Lat. , Virtute ambire oportet, non favitoribus. Sat habet favitorum semper, qui recte facit. ]
Fast food is inexpensive, convenient, and it tastes good. I'm all in favor of that. My problem is how heavily processed it is - how full of salt, fat, and sugar it is.
The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor that theory.
Everyday ask God for favor. He can open doors for you that no one else can open.
A free society depends upon a high degree of mutual trust. The public will not give that trust to officials who are not seen to be impartially dedicated to the general public interest, nor will they give trust to those high in government who violate the rule of law they ask citizens to obey at the expense of self-interest, or to those who present government as the place where one feathers his own nest, [or] exchanges favors with friends and former associates.
Chance favors those who are prepared.
Grace. . . expresses two complementary thoughts: God's unmerited favor to us through Christ, and God's divine assistance to us through the Holy Spirit.
Fortune favors the brave; and the world certainly gives the most credit to those who are able to give an unlimited credit to themselves.
To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom. -Beneficium accipere libertatem est vendere
Better it is to say that the government most comfortable to nature is that which best agrees with the humor and disposition of the people in whose favor it is established.
No feature of the Obama presidency has been sadder than its constant efforts to divide us, to curry favor with some Americans by castigating others.
The Austrian theory of subjective value teaches us that there are many ways to incentivize or motivate or induce someone to commit an action for you: you can promise sexual favors, promise to pay money, hire someone, and so on. Also, there is no reason to think that both the boss and his underling cannot both be 100% responsible: in the law this is called joint and several liability.
Fate is an obligation I don't understand--the reasons that random beast passed over her deserving soul in favor of mine.
Innovation in tech favors the naive and the stubborn. If you are too rational you won't tackle problems that others once failed at.
Lightness, jesting, and joking, can only be indulged at the expense of barrenness of soul, and the loss of the favor of God.
No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional politicians are dedicated wholeheartedly to waste and corruption. They are the enemies of every decent man.