He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market.

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.

The human will to believe is inexhaustible

Omitting sacrifice will gain you nothing...He is the striver, who sacrifices delight, ail, sympathy and slumber, and at the terminalStriver is the WINNER.

When finally I mustered the courage to tell a novelist friend that I was talking to editors about a biography, her reply was, 'Oh, that's okay. That's not a real book.'

Don't spend...but mend yourself.

That was the rule. Break one of my rules once, and I’m bound to break many more.

If it's all wrong, it's all right.

Mama, why do I always fall for the crazy ones?

We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there.

The pursuit of perfection, then, is the pursuit of sweetness and light.

The Constitution does not guarantee freedom of worship - it guarantees freedom of religion. And this is what I call America's first freedom...