Few fathers care much for their sons, or at least, most of them care more for their money. Of those who really love their sons, few know how to do it.

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.

Train a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.

Beauty is grace and confidence. I've learned to accept and appreciate what nature gave me.

I do not envy the headache you will have when you awake. In the meantime, dream of large women.

Men never sound more stupid than when they're telling you they're a very complex personality.

I want to be the Letterman of metal. I want five nights a week, Monday to Friday, 11 to 12, live. I always shoot for the moon.

Even the wisdom of God hath not suggested more pressing motives, more powerful incentives to charity, than these, that we shall be judged by it at the last dreadful day.

We told him to get on with it. We liked wasting time, but almost nothing was more annoying than having our wasted time wasted on something not worth wasting it on.

Pilates is an awesome cross-training exercise for any sport because it focuses on functional movement.

'Tis better to bear the ills we have than fly to others that we know not of.