Light, whether it be material or moral, is the best reformer.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.

Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

If you are financially affluent, think of adopting a kid and raise him or her right next to your biological offspring. And let your love become the proof of your parenthood, instead of your DNA.

I've been working on my craft for a long time. People never want to let go of the whole 'Glitter, '... I'm like, 'It's eight years later, people. Let's move on.

We all desperately need brilliant sales professionals far more than ever before – to help us, guide us, keep us informed and stop us from making diabolically stupid buying decisions.

Anger is the most effective inspiration.

Love yourself. Be proud of who you are.

Love is all there's time for.

One of the pleasures of reading old letters is the knowledge that they need no answer.

I thought I was the luckiest girl in the world. I had tremendous hope in me.

I'm sure that my father becoming seriously ill when I was 14 had a lot to do with my going from chubby to fat.

The deepest mystery comes not when we don't know somebody well, but when we do.