May you live as long as you are fit to live, but no longer, or, may you rather die before you cease to be fit to live than after!

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Conscience is the eye that watches an honest man, and the guide that keeps his actions even in secret. Hence, other men's views takes a secondary position.

The court system is the graveyard where Trump's fanciful delusions will be laid to rest.

There is no reason why the women of the country should not greatly advance themselves.

It is rather shocking to note that opposition leaders, who are representatives of the wananchi (citizens), are themselves rejecting the participation of the wananchi in this major public issue.

Of all creatures on earth, we humans have the highest level of stupidity.

One of Alaska's strengths is our pioneer role in environmentally sensitive development.

The miserable man makes a peny of a farthing, and the liberall of a farthing sixe pence. [The miserable man maketh a penny of a farthing, and the liberal of a farthing sixpence.]

Many falsehoods are passing into uncontradicted history.

I never have a thematic intention at the outset.

Monetary rewards are not a substitute for intrinsic motivation.