He who speaks ill of an absent friend, or fails to take his part if attacked by another, that man is a scoundrel.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

If anybody didn't have a messiah complex, it was Jesus

If you fill your head with positive thoughts, there won't be any room left for negative ones.

You said th' Magic was in my back. Th' doctor calls it rheumatics.

No one book of scripture can be understood by itself, any more than any one part of a tree or member of the body can be understood without reference to the whole of which it is a part.

Let me ask you a question Alex. What do you think is the greatest evil on this plant today?" "Is that including, or not including you?

Nothing echoes like an empty mailbox.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

People want to hear the dirt. But this is not really anything I want to talk about.

I have no desire to be dominated. Honestly I don't. And yet I find myself becoming angry when I'm not.

Confidence is key. Sometimes, you need to look like you're confident even when you're not.