Govern thy Life and Thoughts, as if the whole World were to see the one, and read the other.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws.

Philosophers and theologians have yet to learn that a physical fact is as sacred as a moral principle. Our own nature demands from us this double allegiance.

Prose is like a window; fiction is like a door. But it is not uncommon that he who should come in through the door jumps in through the window.

The freer the society gets, the more dangerous the great beast becomes and the more you have to be careful to cage it somehow.

Chess is a test of wills.

Try to practice the things you're thinking.

For every moment of truth, there's confusion in life

The only way liberals win national elections is by pretending they're not liberals.

I think you're a taker. You've always been one. It's like God left some part of you out when He built you inside of me.

To each person, their own way of death - with dignity.