Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.

Mathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs.

Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness.

Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.

He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

Slander is a complication, a comprisal and sum of all wickedness.

There are three paradoxes of the Christian life: You must give in order to receive, you must let go in order to possess, and you must die in order to live.

I am the common person researching the invisible world for the benefit of the global masses.

I loved you with texture. You loved with a softness. Texture brought detail, softness brought folds. Folds brought creases and creases had secrets.

Think about how far you have come, and how far that you desire to go, and then say to yourself with full conviction, 'It's very possible with God on my side.

If you wouldn't get up early for it, you shouldn't stay up late to do it.

of one hundred movies there's one that is fair, one that's good and ninety eight that are very bad. most movies start badly and steadily get worse

Art knows, life applies knowledge; art feels, life acts.

Sometimes it seems to me I've known so many men that the FBI ought to come to me first to compare fingerprints.

I need to behave in a way that will cause people to take me seriously.

Writing poetry helps me to write my fiction; each thing helps the other.