Mathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs.

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.

Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness.

Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.

He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

Slander is a complication, a comprisal and sum of all wickedness.

When you start a fire, be to windward of it. Do not attack from the leeward.

It is always with excitement that I wake up in the morning wondering what my intuition will toss up to me, like gifts from the sea. I work with it and rely on it. It's my partner.

The creator and arbiter of beauty is the heart; to the male rattlesnake the female rattlesnake is the loveliest thing in nature.

Some people like you, some people don't. In the end you just have to be yourself.

Gabriel Byrne is an extraordinary human being. We have two extraordinary kids and we work at it. We were always friends. He stuck by me through very hard times, and I hope he'd say the same about me.

You will definitely find moments where somebody else is going to try to suppress you or put you down, but you have a choice in how you see yourself.

My fans truly are a part of me, we share something that most people will never experience.

The core failure of Team Obama is not a failure to communicate, but a failure to comprehend.

I don't need to fight / To prove I'm right / I don't need to be forgiven

Integrity... does not mean sinless, but it does describe a person who by God's grace "sin less."