We don't love people so much for the good they have done us, as for the good we have done them - Laurence Sterne
Trust that man in nothing who has not a conscience in everything. - Laurence Sterne
Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine, the life, the soul of reading! Take them out and one cold eternal winter would reign in every page. Restore them to the writer - he steps forth like a bridegroom, bids them all-hail, brings in variety and forbids the appetite to fail. - Laurence Sterne
Respect for ourselves guides our morals; respect for others guides our manners - Laurence Sterne
What a large volume of adventures may be grasped within the span of his little life by him who interests his heart in everything. - Laurence Sterne