Books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age.

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

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

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.

...in an infinite universe, anything that could be imagined might somewhere exist.

May God fill you with much joy and peace of mind.

In our Impulsive nature to write and repulsive nature to read that has led to a decline in literary genius in our times!

In business there's people who have talent and there's people whose talent is to take advantage of people who have talent.

I feel my characters are valid, my characters are people, my characters have hope. Hope is the thing that'll take us through.

No woman shall have the legal right to bear a child without a permit for parenthood.

Meditation is not passive sitting in silence. It is sitting in awareness, free from distraction, and realizing the clear understanding that arises from concentration.

If someone is difficult to talk to, if someone cannot communicate clearly, it's a real problem in terms of their likelihood to work out.

When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.

I feel like most creative people are total freaks.