Men talk as if they believed in God, but they live as if they thought there was none; their vows and promises are no more than words, of course.

He that serves God for Money, will serve the Devil for better Wages.

Wickedness may prosper for a while.

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.

A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works.

If we should cease to be generous and charitable because another is sordid and ungrateful, it would be much in the power of vice to extinguish Christian virtues.

Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves.

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.

Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.

Passions, as fire and water, are good servants, but bad masters, and subminister to the best and worst purposes.

Bias has to be taught. If you hear your parents downgrading women or people of different backgrounds, why, you are going to do that.

There's hostility to lying, and there should be.

When you begin moving toward excellence, you will find very little competition. You're competing with only 20% of the population.

My sexuality has never been a problem to me but I think it has been for other people.

A person may be very secretive and yet have no secrets.

When you give to your mate, you give to your children. There is no better way to teach love than to practice love. Kids are much better at watching and emulating than they are at listening.

A country without a patent office and good patent laws is just a crab, and can't travel any way but sideways and backways.

I have a very independent spirit.

This president goes into office with more expectations than any president I can ever remember in my lifetime.-2008

Love is just a piece of time in the world in the world And I couldn't help but fall in love again