Gratitude is a burden upon our imperfect nature.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

At the heart of all sales and marketing is the ability to create demand even in the absence of logic.

There will be things I won't tell you ever, Then there will be things that you won't ever listen. Then...

She's using me. And I like it.

Walk and talk in manner of love or charity, for God is love.

It doesn't stand up to huge intellectual scrutiny.

I don't really feel part of any particular movement.

How can you lose something you never had, I tell myself when I'm feeling sad.

Hymns should have unity, graduation and mutual dependence in the thoughts, a conscious progress, a sense of completeness and be easily understood.

Love is not blind; it simply enables one to see things others fail to see.

Im afraid Wisconsin is you, Nebraska, only with much better parties and more wins.