Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit.

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

A thought embodied and embrained in fit words walks the earth a living being.

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.

Sin, every day, takes out a patent for some new invention.

Science adjusts its views based on what's observedFaith is the denial of observation so that belief can be preserved.

We adore babies because they're so cute. And, of course, we are amused by jokes because they are funny. This is all backwards. It is. And Darwin shows us why.

A black...gets a job with a white-owned company. He is the only black at the firm. He works hard, but he's fighting a losing battle against his genes.

There is not wrong, there is no right, and I will sleep very well tonight.

I never wanted anyone to think that I would use my family name to get me anywhere.

Teacher? I never dreamed I could rise so high in the world

I love you enough for the both of us. And there must be something about me worth loving. If you would just try.

I know more about sports than I know about any other subject, unfortunately. I'm embarrassed to admit that.

I'm having too good of a time.

She who resists as though she would not win, By her own treason falls an easy prey.