A gentleman has ease without familiarity, is respectful without meanness; genteel without affectation, insinuating without seeming art.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Let joy of the Lord make you rejoice.

God thundered again and again through the prophets that worship in the context of mistreatment of the poor and disadvantaged is an outrage.

We find Japan a little more difficult to understand because it has proven its 20th century prowess though the ancient traditions still persist.

I have a hard time thinking of men trying to sing my songs, because I think my perspective is definitely feminine.

A despairing heart is the true prophet of approaching evil; his actions may weave the webs of Fortune, but not break them.

Classical music is this music that was written by a bunch of dead people a long time ago.

I always find a couple of hecklers... I'll kinda look at them, stare at 'em, and let them know I can't be stopped.

Every uniform corrupts one's character.

I think if you're going to show a true representation of any one life, it can't be about any one thing. I try to see more of a full picture, with the romance just a single part.

I take great care of myself by carefully shutting myself away.