Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.

Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him, to prepare the world for his coming.

The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.

Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent.

The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element.

Man without religion is the creature of circumstances: Religion is above all circumstances, and will lift him up above them.

Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.

Diamonds are the result of extreme pressures. So is success.

Jesus does not cherish an offense, loving us as well after the offense as before it.

I awoke to a daymare. Life.

If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.

I can always go back to construction. That's great money, but the problem is you can cut off your hand.

New polls show that Obama is now pulling away from Mitt Romney. And, of course, what could be more natural than to see Mitt Romney and pull away?

I like working until the morning, so I can see the day and then I like to go to sleep and then get up before sunset. But I love the energy of the morning.

The real illness of the American city today, and especially of the deprived groups within it, is voicelessness.

Marriage is like a chess match is initiated and the board expands over time until it takes up all of a life.

The more heart, the more sorrow.