Experience only can teach men not to prefer what strikes them for the present moment, to what will have much greater weight with the them hereafter.

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.

Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.

He who studies old books will always find in them something new, and he who reads new books will always find in them something old.

Neurons giveth and neurons taketh away.

One of the best things that I wanted to become a teacher is that

I want more awareness of humanity in this world.

I don't know whether there is anyone else at all who remembers my noble father with such sadness

One way to define spiritual life is getting so tired and fed up with yourself you go on to something better, which is following Jesus.

The loss of taste for what is right is loss of all right taste.

For me, screenwriting is all about setting characters in motion and as a writer just chasing them. They should tell you what they’ll do in any scene you put them in.

It's never been proven that air toxics are hazardous to people.