A gentleman is often seen, but very seldom heard to laugh.

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.

Create your own world where you can do what you want for yourself and for others. Those people who live in others' world all the time, remain in the same place from where they had started.

To be physically astute and psychologically tended, yet morally insulated and conceptually blind--is to be crazy, not healthy.

What he imagines evokes nothing imaginary, it evokes the reality of the world that experience and reason treat in a confused manner.

The proper study of mankind is man in his relation to his deity.

If you want to find greater happiness and fulfillment in your life, you must begin to understand and live in harmony with the law of attraction.

Worship is the specific act of ascribing to God the glory, majesty, honor, and worthiness which are His.

After three albums, you should shoot your producer

I try to only commit myself to things that I think I can accomplish and commit myself to 100 percent. I try not to bite off more than I can chew.

Love said to me, there is nothing that is not me. Be silent.

We're born, we live, we die. The most important thing out of those three is to live your life the way you want to.