Laurence Sterne

"The mind is a mirror of the world, reflecting all that we choose to see."

"A man's worth is measured by his capacity for empathy."

"The sweetness of life lies in its brevity and uncertainty."

"In the grand tapestry of existence, every thread is essential."

"The greatest error is to judge a man by a single moment."

"Life is a journey best traveled with an open heart."

"A man who never doubts has never truly thought."

"The music of life is played on the strings of human connection."

"To forgive is not weakness but the greatest strength."

"The greatest discovery is that we are far more than we thought."

"In the end, all we have are the moments we have lived fully."

"The wisest of all men is he who knows himself to be a fool."

"I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me."

"There is not so much wit in all the world as folly."

"The great Stevinus has said that 'tis the same thing,—so by a mighty effort of correction, my father hugg'd his hypothesis."

"Grant me, O gracious Heaven! a middle state; so neither great nor mean."

"Melancholy, without doubt, was the characteristick of our family."

"A man cannot taste the fruits of autumn whilst he is delighting his sense in the flowers of spring."

"How the ancients treated this patient, and indeed most others in their time, was vastly more rational than the method we follow."

"Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, the cant of criticism is the most tormenting."

"Trust, madam, is the basis of all social commerce."

"When a man is in doubt about this point in the middle of a story—what course lies for him?"

"Man is born to struggle, but not unto rest."

"The happiness of man is properly composed of good humour and good nature."

"To be buried in the grave of oblivion is one thing; but to be resurrected and live forever in the minds of men is another."

"I am a bawdy writer, but I have no corrupting intention."

"The world has a right to know who a man is."

"Delight, too, was the pursuits which were engrossing the hearts of those around him."

"The world is not much indebted to originality in dress."

"A man's whole life is expressed within the compass of a few minutes."