A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him, to prepare the world for his coming.

The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.

Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent.

The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element.

Man without religion is the creature of circumstances: Religion is above all circumstances, and will lift him up above them.

Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

Coffee is a way of stealing time that should by rights belong to your older self.

There is no longer waiting for anyone, but for death.

everblaze: the unstoppable flame

Oprah tells women what to read, what to eat, what to think, what to do.

Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, "men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned"

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man.

Are you maximizing your minute or are you making the most of the moment?

Every end is the beginning of something else.

All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!