Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise.

Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.

Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends.

Much reading is like much eating -wholly useless without digestion.

The covetous person lives as if the world were made altogether for him, and not he for the world.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise.

The whole banquet is in the first spoonful.

Of all the evil man can do, the greatest is doing nothing.

Hardships can harden even the best person.

If you want to know who we are, who America is, how we respond to evil-that's it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid.

I love being in the studio.

Golf is the only game in which a precise knowledge of the rules can earn one a reputation for bad sportsmanship.

A feeling of aversion or attachment toward something is your clue that there's work to be done.

Off the field I'm down to earth. I'm a very caring person. I'm a very giving person.

The great artist is the simplifier.

I am your wife if you will marry me. If not, I'll die your maid. To be your fellow You may deny me, but I'll be your servant Whether you will or no.