Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.

Mathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs.

Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness.

Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.

He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

Maybe we weren't at the Last Supper, but we're certainly going to be at the next one.

I said, I'm going to stand up and somebody is going to pay attention to me.

At first I didn't dig country.

Fear runs our lives a lot of the time. You can face it head-on, or you can hide in your bunker.

We have no mom-and-pop oil rigs in Norway.

The basis for poetry and scientific discovery is the ability to comprehend the unlike in the like and the like in the unlike.

Those who show off do not shine.

The truth is that money doesn't make you rich; knowledge does.

But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion.

I have been fortunate enough to record several singles and a whole album with Chet Atkins.