Certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and if he be not kin to God by his spirit, he is a base and ignoble creature.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Roxanne Archer designed her strategy like a four-star general—or a stalker.

Things hurt, and don't hurt, and hurt again.

I came I saw I concurred.

What is important in life is life, and not the result of life.

The repetition of a catchword can hold analysis in fetters for fifty years or more.

I was prepared to get knocked out myself trying to knock him out, because then I could sleep at night knowing that I've given my best.

It's good not only to realize that you can't please all of the people all of the time, but that you don't want to. There's a certain type of reader that you don't ever want to write for.

The only meaningful thing we can offer one another is love. Not advice, not questions about our choices, not suggestions for the future, just love.

I'd like to tour with the Backstreet Boys because I love them so much.

There were not many people who could say that their education had been paid for with cigarettes.