In the mass of mankind, I fear, there is too great a majority of fools and knaves; who, singly from their number, must to a certain degree be respected, though they are by no means respectable.

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.

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

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.

Reality—there’s nothing but horror in that.

There is a whole other world with an entirely different version of me, a me that is not pretty, a me that no boys want, a me she would never talk to.

It's always been eclectic; you never know what you're going to get.

We have much more in common with other people than we have apart.

Wayne's done way more for my career than Jay-Z. Wayne is the reason I'm here.

When the soul communes with itself the lip is silent.

You suffer because you try to fulfill yourself. You think of yourself in a limited way.

True Love can be no deeper than your capacity for friendship, no higher than your ideals, and no broader than the scope of your vision.

Make my heart, O heart of the universe, a divine bird that nests only on the throne of God.

A MAN FEARED A man feared that he might find an assassin; Another that he might find a victim. One was more wise than the other.