If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.

Meeting him was fate, loving him was a choice, and spending the rest of my life with him… well that was destiny.

Some promises are better left unsaid

Go West, young man, go West. There is health in the country, and room away from our crowds of idlers and imbeciles.

The greater the penalties laid on sellers in the black market... the higher the black market price.

Wisdom comes with all we see, God writes His lessons in each flower, And ev'ry singing bird or bee Can teach us something of His power.

Don't be intimidated by my outfit, it's Forever 21.

Adolphus is not at his desk. That means he is somewhere in the Monstrumarium, has gone home for the day, or is dead.

You would better educate ten women into the practice of liberal principles than to organize a thousand on a platform of intolerance and bigotry.

Every country in Europe needs immigrants for its economic survival.

Good name in man and woman is the immediate jewel of their souls.