Circumstances form the character; but, like petrifying matters, they harden while they form.

The spirit of Greece, passing through and ascending above the world, hath so animated universal nature, that the very rocks and woods, the very torrents and wilds burst forth with it.

No ashes are lighter than those of incense, and few things burn out sooner.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess.

We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier.

A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

My thoughts are my company; I can bring them together, select them, detain them, dismiss them.

Friendship is a vase, which, when it is flawed by heat, or violence, or accident, may as well be broken at once; it can never be trusted after.

The Siren waits thee, singing song for song.

A good cook is the peculiar gift of the gods. He must be a perfect creature from the brain to the palate, from the palate to the finger's end.

I wonder how many books you have read?

What people say about others' behavior or character is not always true, Just Proffer it to your best judgement.

Faith in Jesus is the most important event in the history of a child’s life.

What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal.

Philosophy is the love of wisdom: Christianity is the wisdom of love.

I love animals. I couldn't eat a whole one but I'll split one with you if you want.

I just wish, maybe, that I'd started conducting earlier. I was about 40 when I started. Apart from that I don't really have any regrets. Is that bad?

Coal is a portable climate.

Inconsistency is the jewel of the American people.

Government does best when it helps people help themselves. Human dignity is found not in a handout but in being able to do for one's self.