If men are wont to play with swearing anywhere, can we expect they should be serious and strict therein at the bar or in the church.

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.

Mathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs.

Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness.

Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.

He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it.

Whenever you take an action, Decide by both your brain and heart in equal proportions .Balance them as far as possible.

Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will break my soul.

inspect what you expect

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness.

I have been lucky in that I've been alive at times when the things that I wanted to do were capable of being done.

It's a large as life and twice as natural

At first you're doing it for yourself, it's about what sounds good to you. It's about expressing yourself. Then you get comfortable as an artist and you find yourself and people get familiar.

He who struggles is better than he who never attempts

To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.