A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

The prayer of faith is the only power in the universe to which the great Jehovah yields.

Prayer serves as an edge and border to preserve the web of life from unraveling.

In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best.

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.

We can never know more than the mind can assimilate and process, nor can we discuss any aspect of the world for which there is no language.

Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest.

I couldn't decide what kind of person she was, whether she was one of those insects that look exactly like wasps but aren't . . . I just wanted to know if she would sting.

There is a certain thing that you have to just stick to the plan, stick to what you want to do, and you try to work with studios and executives that they get it.

Carlyle uttered a pregnant truth when he said that the history of any country is in the biographies of the men who made it.

Every fool has a reason for feeling sorry for himself.

I have found success is ultimately realized by people who make more right choices . . . and recover quickly from their bad choices.

I don't tend to lie. If I do, it's a little one. Like, 'I'm only around the corner...' when really I'm 10 minutes away.

I own the soft impeachment.

Wives are people who think it's against the law not to answer the phone when it rings.