Malicious tongues spread their poison abroad and nothing here below is proof against them.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

Knowledge is worth nothing, until it is put to practice.

I guess you only know your home when you come back to it.

If your preaching of the gospel of God's free grace in Jesus Christ does not provoke the charge from some of antinomianism, you're not preaching the gospel of the free grace of God in Jesus Christ.

80% of your problems are not PEOPLE problems ... they are SYSTEM problems, because systems create the behaviors of people.

I'm having the time of my life and I'm glad people are enjoy it.

I wanted to clear up the slum of legs… I wanted to make the chair all one thing again.

What do you think of that? It’s stopped raining." I’m glad Jay." Her throat, full of aching, grieving beauty, told only of her unexpected joy.

I think it's so archaic that cosmetic companies are still using animal by-products and insects in their products! It's 2016, why is anyone still doing that?

He was the mightiest of Puritans no less than of philistines who first insisted that beauty is only skin deep.

I co-founded Duolingo with the mission of bringing free language education to the world.