A politician weakly and amiably in the right, is no match for a politician tenaciously and pugnaciously in the wrong.

Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit.

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

A thought embodied and embrained in fit words walks the earth a living being.

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.

Be with someone you don't want to be without.

But death has taken root inside you and you know it will grow, like a cancer with a voice, from now until the day it consumes you whole.

In some ways, what I learned is that you can take a character and breathe with them, and its up to the audience to interpret rather than you putting moral stamp on the character.

I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals that administer the government.

He's got a great sense of humor for a guy who never says anything.

Where every day doesn't start with an alarm clock and end with the television.

Having a similar outlook on life is the central key for long-term sustainability in any love relationship.

If the liberal arts do nothing else they provide engaging metaphors for the thinking they displace.

I am in the House of Mercy, and my heart is a place of prayer.

You got guts taking that tone with me. (Nykyrian) What you gonna do, oh great wounded one? I’m the one with the injector. (Syn)