Laurence Sterne

"There is nothing in the world which men so blindly worship as success."

"A man should always consider how much he has more than the rest of the world."

"The mind is a strange machine which can combine the materials offered it in the most astounding ways."

"Let us be cautious of our thoughts; they form our character."

"Happiness is the only sanction of life."

"The true test of civilization is not the census, nor the size of cities, but the kind of man the country turns out."

"There is a grave inequality in power between young and old."

"To know oneself is the true beginning of wisdom."

"It is built upon these three pillars: faith, hope, and charity."

"Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old."

"The great art of life is to know how to enjoy it."

"A person is never happy till their vague strivings have themselves found a definite object."

"Creativity takes courage."

"The beautiful must always exist; we must accept it."

"Death is but crossing the world as friends do the seas."

"Perseverance is the virtue of the strong."

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"There is no greater strength than to show one's weakness."

"Fear is the tax that conscience pays to guilt."

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

"Money is the sinews of affairs."

"Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being."

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

"We are all living in a technology-driven world."

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."

"Wonder is the beginning of philosophy."

"Literature is the most agreeable of ways to ignore life."

"Politics is the art of the possible."

"War is the continuation of politics by other means."