It is often our own imperfection which makes us reprove the imperfection of others; a sharp-sighted self-love of others

Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

The art of cookery is the art of poisoning mankind, by rendering the appetite still importunate, when the wants of nature are supplied.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

The more you say, the less people remember.

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying.

Of all the duties enjoined by Christianity none is more essential and yet more neglected than prayer.

Let gratitude for the past inspire us with trust for the future.

How rare it is to find a soul quiet enough to hear God speak.

Go to the root of the problems of people and discover ways to save them

It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature.

If you can do something that doesn't rely on a major melody but still sounds immediate rather than being obtuse and devoid of anything to catch onto, that's great.

And from that hour his poor maimed spirit, only remembering the place where it had broken its wings, cancelled the dream through which it had since groped, and knew of nothing beyond the Marshalsea.

If the wind rises it can push us against the flood when it comes.

I don't think comedians make an active decision to be a certain "persona." Comedians write the way they're going to write.

We hear things, but we can't always see them, or, even if we do see them, we're not sure that we're seeing correctly. Hence: Invisible.

There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.

Jazz is very much alive. Everywhere I go there's a new generation of musicians playing Jazz music.

Hasty marriage seldom proveth well.