For a man to write well, there are required three necessaries: to read the best authors, observe the best speakers, and much exercise of his own style.

A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

Everybody was sorry. Sorry was easy. Sorry was for suckers.

I will no longer be judged by the standards of others. I will judge myself. I will not live by someone else's rules. I will make my own.

People may hear your words, but they feel your attitude.

We all need people to tell us that we were the ones who had been deeply wronged.

Faith isn't the ability to believe long and far into the misty future. It's simply taking God at His Word and taking the next step.

A reactionary is someone who wants to return to a previous state - that's never a possibility in my books. For me, everything's irreversible in the life of a society, as well as an individual's.

A Canadian is somebody who knows how to make love in a canoe.

My view is that one should not break up a winning combination.

Obscurity is dispelled by augmenting the light of discernment, not by attacking the darkness.

There is no finer investment for any community than putting milk into babies.