Every day is a little life ... live every day as if it would be the last. Those that dare lose a day are dangerously prodigal those that dare misspend it are desperate.

Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should ask.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.

Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Try to be of some use to others.

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet.

Erudition is the crude residue of wilted harvests

history beats in longer periods than a man's heart

Mirroring provides social cues through body language and behavior which enable us to develop more empathy and understanding for others.

Everyone has a talent. It's simply a question of good discipline, of the good fortune to have an education that meshes with that talent, and a lot of luck.

We did not fight the Americans or the Europeans. We fight only the Israeli enemy that took our homes and homeland.

I'll know America is in bad shape when Cubans in Miami get in the water and swim back to Cuba.

If you are in Holland, be careful not to say tomorrow that you don't like French, German or Swedish food or people, you could be called a racist.

No eternal reward will forgive us now for wasting the dawn.

I'm one of the few people I know who believes in God.

Prudence does not save us, but shows us pictures of our destroyers.