I will but confess the sins of my green cloak to my grey friar's frock, and all shall be well again.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Becoming an influential personality at work is much more important than becoming a hardworking person!

Wealthy people attract critics like wealthy ships attract pirates.

I got a custom-made silk dress from a Chinese tailor for really cheap. I sketched it out on a piece of paper, and they took my measurements and made the dress for me in a day!

Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? 'Cause all I ever have… redemption songs; redemption songs.

Sisters, brothers and the whities, Blacks and the crackers, Police and their backers, They're all political actors

Every man's got to figure out how to get beat sometime.

There is the expectation that a younger generation has the opportunity to redeem the crimes and failings of their elders and would have the strength and idealism to do so.

The thieves and killers are goin' to have guns, so if the honest men don't have 'em they just make it easier for the vicious.

Why did Father give these humans free will? Now they're all confused.

It is so often self who tries to live the Christian life. No wonder we need breaking. As long as self is in control, God can do little with us.