Debate is masculine, conversation is feminine.

A candid spirit is mightier than the most persistent dogmatism.

The less routine the more life.

To keep the heart unwrinkled, to be hopeful, kindly, cheerful, reverent that is to triumph over old age.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

I consider it the best part of an education to have been born and brought up in the country.

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Our ideals are our better selves.

Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly.

All I knew is that sometimes my father was sad. I hated that he was sad. It made me sad too. I didn't like sad.

If there is no God, Not everything is permitted to man.He is still his brother's keeperAnd he is not permitted to sadden his brother, By saying there is no God.

I am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction.

It's never my intent to be controversial but I don't shy away from it.

If you're reading it in a book, folks, it ain't self-help. It's help.

Some of these days, Oh, you'll miss me honey

We are in the midst of a violent backlash againist feminism that uses images of female beauty as political weapons against women's advancement.

Again rejoicing Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues Her leafy locks wave in the breeze, All freshly steep'd in the morning dews.

A friend is more concerned about helping people than getting credit. A friend cares. A friend loves. A friend listens. And a friend reaches out.