He who labors diligently need never despair.

He who labors diligently need never despair for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.

No just person ever became quickly rich.

There are many wild beasts on land and in the sea, but the beastliest of all is woman.

If you want to live your whole life free from pain you must become either a god or else a corpse. Consider other men's troubles and that will comfort you.

The school of hard knocks is an accelerated curriculum.

Let bravery be thy choice, but not bravado.

Being mortal, never pray for an untroubled life. Rather, ask the God to give you an enduring heart.

The character of a man is known from his conversations.

Nothing is more useful than silence.

The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.

Love is a snowflake for no two are ever the same.

The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes.

I've always been well liked. I was so popular in school everybody hated me.

There's a thing that if you - somebody in faith is always troubled by doubt, and somebody by doubt is always wanted by faith. So it's a kind of paradox.

Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.

My practices were not set up to be easy or enjoyed.

I'll leave you fulla clips like the moon blockin' the sun.

You can't sort of write the novel as if you're taking dictation from heaven.

I am not going to apologize for speaking the name of Jesus... If I have to sacrifice everything... I will.

I use the words you taught me. If they don't mean anything any more, teach me others. Or let me be silent.