Forgiveness is almost a selfish act because of its immense benefits to the one who forgives.

Patterning your life around other's opinions is nothing more than slavery.

True repentance means making amends with the person when at all possible.

Age is no guarantee of maturity.

Outings are so much more fun when we can savor them through the children's eyes.

The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.

It isn't kind to cultivate a friendship just so one will have an audience.

I've grown to realize the joy that comes from little victories is preferable to the fun that comes from ease and the pursuit of pleasure.

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling reputation.

For all their strength, men were sometimes like little children.

If there was strife and contention in the home, very little else in life could compensate for it.

The only thing a man knows is himself.

When you find that it fails to respond adequately to your buying you don't need any better tip to sell.

We're always hearing about risk-takers whose risks paid off, but they are no braver than those whose risks end in ridicule.

There seems to be a feeling that anything that is natural is good. Strychnine is natural.

Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. [and miss much of their benefits from grateful appreciation]

I don't want to hear at all what the artist thinks about his art. And I'm not writing for the artist. I'm writing for the reader, and I want to tell the reader what I think.

Inside the walls of a prison my body may be, but my Lord has set my soul free.

At the Summer Exhibition, I didn't really change anything; it's the same exhibition. All I changed is the presentation. I didn't really change the rules.

Which side of the blade is sharper? The lie or the truth? It all seems irrelevant when your jugular is sliced open and you’re lying in a pool of blood for the whole world to see.

The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got.