Distrust all those who love you extremely upon a very slight acquaintance and without any viable reason.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

I am determined to write daily.

The surest way of ruining a youth is to teach him to respect those who think as he does more highly than those who think differently from him.

God sees you as a great person

Fear is the most insidious of weaknesses. You must learn to raze it from your soul, or risk defeat in all you do.

Culture with us ends in headache.

Strike hard and fast and do not separate.

I've watched through his eyes, I've listened through his ears, and I tell you he's the one.

Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens.

It is extremely difficult to say how long the process actually took to finally achieve my fragrance, Boudoir, because there was a lot of time waiting around for other people.