Folly disgusts us less by her ignorance than pedantry by her learning.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.

Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

***A KEY WORD*** Imagined

Devotion to goal, knowing your purpose and calling helps you go through pain, hindrance and crisis

The quality of a society and of its culture will depend on the status of its unemployed.

No one can command over the images of your mind but an Author can and if you won't believe on me then read my book.

Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.

The superstition of science scoffs at the superstition of faith.

Don't come crawlin' to a man for love-he likes to get a run for his money.

I'm a doer, and whether it was the tsunami in Sri Lanka or the earthquake in Indonesia, I was always saying, I should be there; I should be helping out.

Audie Murphy remains a shining example for anyone who believes in the importance of service, for generations now and into the future.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.