Nothing hinders a thing from being natural so much as the straining ourselves to make it seem so.

No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter.

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

Women's virtue is frequently nothing but a regard to their own quiet and a tenderness for their reputation.

Whatever good things people say of us, they tell us nothing new.

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

I just didn't have anything to say, so I said nothing.

I could have been a dental hygienist with nothing bad ever appearing in print about me, but that's not how I've chosen to lead my life. I knew that you put yourself under a microscope the more famous you become.

There are many things worth living for, a few things worth dying for, and nothing worth killing for.

I believe in nothing, everything is sacred. I believe in everything, nothing is sacred.

There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things.