“I believe in my conscience I intercept many a thought which heaven intended for another man.”

— Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Book VIII, Ch. 2, 1765-1767

About Laurence Sterne

1713 – 1768

Irish-born English novelist, author of "Tristram Shandy".

“The brave only know how to forgive.”

“As we jogg on, either laugh with me, or at me, or in short do any thing—only keep your temper.”

“For every ten jokes, thou hast got a hundred enemies.”

“Any one thing in the creation is sufficient to demonstrate a Providence to an humble and grateful mind.”

“Why, what is weeping and sighing? A judgement. What is misfortune? A judgement.”

“For God made all mankind to be happy, to be serene.”

“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”

“Remember that all is opinion.”