By nature I am not tough, believe it or not.
If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient.
I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
A new danger now beset him [Grotius], the danger of becoming simply a venal pleader, a creature who grinds out arguments on this or that side, for this or that client: a mere legal beast of prey. Fortunately for himself and for the world he took a higher view of his life-work: his determination clearly was to make himself a thoroughly equipped jurist, and then, as he rose more and more in his profession, to use his powers for the good of his country and of mankind.
The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others.
The City of Angels is a microcosm of the world, and so living in L. A. makes me feel like a citizen of the world.
It's flattering that people think I'm sexy, but it's not the end-all, be-all. The minute I put my self-esteem on what they think I am, I'm screwed, because one day they're not going to think I'm sexy.