He that would live clear of envy must lay his finger on his mouth, and keep his hand out of the ink-pot.

He that serves God for Money, will serve the Devil for better Wages.

Wickedness may prosper for a while.

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.

A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works.

If we should cease to be generous and charitable because another is sordid and ungrateful, it would be much in the power of vice to extinguish Christian virtues.

Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves.

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.

Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.

Passions, as fire and water, are good servants, but bad masters, and subminister to the best and worst purposes.

If winter comes, can spring be far behind?

What you value at the highest level needs to be in alignment with your partner or you will have conflict.

Their screams would echo through the house and reverberate against my eardrums until my mind would fracture. Years went by and with each fracture

Shake any institution of higher learning, and a dozen boycotters will fall out of it.

Unless children have strong education and strong families and strong communities and decent housing, it's not enough to go sit in at a lunch counter.

[Uniting workers should not] lead to a war upon property, or the owners of property.

I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.

What makes me uncomfortable about [Barack] Obama is what makes me uncomfortable about any young politician who has not yet been bloodied inside the Beltway.

Most jobs today are still structured the same way they were 50 years ago, when most families had someone who could stay at home.

How do you make yourself not like someone?