Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.

Be inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling; not a mean and groveling thing that we are to shuffle through as we can, but an elevated and lofty destiny.

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.

I have known ninety-five of the world's great men in my time, and of these eighty-seven were followers of the Bible.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

National injustice is the surest road to national downfall.

If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you.

Throughout her life, she held firm to her belief that even the smallest acts of kindness and generosity by the least of us can cause a ripple effect to change the world. Nina Wirk, Human Again

It is always better to do the right thing.

People are unjust to anger - it can be enlivening and a lot of fun.

As a kid, I remember taking apart whatever I could get my hands on.

A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.

Nice blouse, Sage,” Adrian told me, deadpan. “It really brings out the khaki in your pants.

Everybody's life is either a warning or an example. You've got to decide what you're gonna be and you have to draw a line in the sand.

A friend who understands your tears is much more valuable than a lot of friends who only know your smile.

Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly.