A man's own addition to what he learns is cement to bind an otherwise loose heap of stones into a structure of unity, strength, and use.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

No gun is perfectly true. So the marksman, that he may hit the bull's-eye, points elsewhere.

A superstition is a premature explanation that overstays its time.

Dumbness and silence are two different things.

Some young folks have wind-fall minds, prematurely detached from the tree of knowledge for a life-long sourness and pettiness.

Nothing cools so fast as undue enthusiasm. Water that has boiled freezes sooner than any other.

Educated folk keep to one another's company too much, leaving other people much like milk skimmed of its cream.

Form may be of more account than substance. A lens of ice will focus a solar beam to a blaze.

When a learner, in the fullness of his powers, comes to great truths unstaled by premature familiarity, he rejoices in the lateness of his lessons.

To render aid to the worthless is sheer waste. Rain does not freshen the Dead Sea, but only enables it to dissolve more salt.

That was our friendship: equal parts irritation and cooperation.

Living in filth is dark doom. The light of awaken leads to cleanliness.

I've been a feminist since I was a teenager, but originally it was because I wanted to make the world a better place for me.

There's no doubt that I respect the Second Amendment, that I also believe there's an individual right to bear arms. That is not in conflict with sensible, commonsense regulation.

It was a labor of love and they did really well.

Moderation consists in being moved as angels are moved.

You're living up in Heaven, but I know you're mad as Hell.

Then your heart is a black, shriveled thing, because you absoluteky betray me.

It's absolutely crucial that we come face to face with the power of our choices.

It's not fair to show someone the sun and then banish him from it. Even the devil may cry when he looks around hell and realizes that he's there alone. -Acheron