A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband.

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.

Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.

Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications.

Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.

This weather may be breaking our hearts but it will not be breaking our will.

The best education is to be had at a price, as well as the best broadcloth.

Let the kite perch and let the eagle perch too – If one says no to the other, let his wing break.

[Martin Luther] King was one of the two young ministers - and you know how directly oriented the Negro community still is towards the minister as the leader.

It's not what your parents give you. It's what you do with your own stuff.

Sure, good things can go badly wrong. Nevertheless, there's always another day.

An army's effectiveness depends on its size, training, experience, and morale, and morale is worth more than any of the other factors combined.

When you only do what is expected of you, you never learn what you would've done had you chosen for yourself.