He who is proud of his knowledge, has gout in the wrong end.

As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.

Grace comes into the soul as the morning sun into the world: there is first a dawning, then a mean light, and at last the sun in his excellent brightness.

That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.

Prevention is so much better than healing because it saves the labor of being sick.

No man more truly loves God than he that is most fearful to offend Him.

A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.

He who reforms himself, has done much toward reforming others; and one reason why the world is not reformed, is, because each would have others make a beginning, and never thinks of himself doing it.

The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive Him to His face.

He who demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass.

Satan like a fisher, baits his hook according to the appetite of the fish.

Crime brings together honest men and concentrates them.

Wise men learn by other men's mistakes fools by their own.

The most fundamental question we can ever ask ourselves is whether or not the universe we live in is friendly or hostile.

Freedom cannot be given... It can only be taken away.

The world thinks eccentricity in great things is genius, but in small things, only crazy.

In the eyes of a seer, every leaf of a tree is a page of the Holy Book and contains divine revelation.

Very few cinematographers, other than the Europeans, know how to light women like they used to in the old days.

Simplified spelling is all right, but, like chastity, you can carry it too far.

The things I wanted to be when I was a kid were an archeologist, because of dinosaur bones; a garbage man, because they got to ride on the side of the trucks; and a writer.

Life comes after you have been filled with the Holy Spirit. Get down and pray for power.