As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room

People's opinions of themselves are legible in their countenances.

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.

Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped.

Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.

Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society, the corrupter of manners, and the underminer of property.

A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading.

Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impotence, folds its arms in despair.

Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way.

The 'one book' which hasn't been written yet, even thenpersistent a book is being written by me, and might never end!While, I survive inside my brain with someone.

You are blessed with a knack for sucking the wonder out of the extraordinary.

We each bring our own unique beauty to the world, and how blessed we are to have the freedom to find that beauty in each other.

Sin is looking for the right thing in the wrong place.

But, I still can't totally forgive Dave for blowing my world apart. DO YOU HEAR THAT, DAVE?!

A miniature village in Bournemouth caught fire and the flames could be seen nearly three feet away.

[I do] my manicure/pedicure once a week. When I'm on the road, I use the hotel or whoever I call. But in Miami I have my own person.

I am particular about the seating of the audience - also about how much money they pay - but most of all where they are seated. If I am going to sing something intimate, who am I going to sing it to?

I'm a creep, I'm a weirdo.

If you want to be a writer, you have to write every day... You don't go to a well once but daily. You don't skip a child's breakfast or forget to wake up in the morning.