It should console us for the fact that sin has not totally disappeared from the world, that the saints are not wholly deprived of employment.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

The proverb answers where the sermon fails.

He who would acquire fame must not show himself afraid of censure. The dread of censure is the death of genius.

Stagnation is something worse than death. It is corruption, also.

Genius is the very eye of intellect and the wing of thought; it is always in advance of its time, and is the pioneer for the generation which it precedes.

I believe that economists put decimal points in their forecasts to show they have a sense of humor.

The dread of criticism is the death of genius.

Our true acquisitions lie only in our charities - we gain only as we give.

The true law of the race is progress and development. Whenever civilization pauses in the march of conquest, it is overthrown by the barbarian.

It is a bird-flight of the soul, when the heart declares itself in song. The affections that clothe themselves with wings are passions that have been subdued to virtues.

The thoughts that you think define your life that you live. So have good thoughts to have a great life.

Suffering, if it does not diminish love, will transport us to the furthest shore.

My dear girl, you don't consent to an abduction! You consent to an elopement, and I knew you wouldn't do that.

As much as we have free choice, absolute destiny is immutable. What is meant to happen does, through one measure or another.

All of the music works on its own, but it doesn't really make as much sense without the picture.

The only really indecent people are the chaste.

I ended up in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific, operating out of Ayuka field in Hawaii.

What would I do without you?" "You'll never find out.

That is why I strongly believe we should working in Congress to make America a better place to run a business by reducing the costly burdens of bureaucracy and red tape.

King Henry VIII, who said to his lawyer, Forget the alimony, I've got a better idea. Never got a dinner!