Napoleon was probably the equal at least of Washington in intellect, his superior in education. Both of them were successful in serving the state.

We shall see our friends again. We can lay them in the grave; we know they are safe with God.

If you live for your children, they may be smitten down and leave you desolate, or, what is far worse, they may desert you and leave you worse than childless in a cold and unfeeling world.

If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.

If you live for any joy on earth, you may be forsaken; but, oh, live for Jesus, and he will never forsake you!

Human nature is the same now as when Adam hid from the presence of God; the consciousness of wrong makes us unwilling to meet those whom we have offended.

Sanctification is not regeneration.

There is a contest old as Eden, which still goes on - the conflict between right and wrong, between error and truth. In this conflict every human being has a part.

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.

Angels are spirits, flames of fire; they are higher than man, they have wider connections.

We ourselves can die with comfort and even with joy if we know that death is but a passport to blessedness, that this intellect, freed from all material chains, shall rise and shine.

You have to make an enemy a friend to conquer his or her evil intentions.

I have lived long enough to learn that the worst kind of beings, are human beings.

Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.

I'm interested in the theater because I'm interested in communication with audiences. Otherwise I would be in concert music.

Make-up is the last thing to enhance your beauty, but it's very important because it builds up your self-confidence and gives you more courage.

Learn from nature. See how everything gets accomplished and how the miracle of life unfolds without dissatisfaction or unhappiness.

In our relationship, we don't have that situation. I don't require what he needs, and he doesn't require what I need. I know what I do; I have an amazing life that nobody knows about.

We're here to defend the rights that are enshrined to us by the Constitution, as Americans.

May I be a light for those in need of light. May I be a bed for those in need of rest. May I be a servant for those in need of service, for all embodied beings.

I went to Notre Dame. I don't know if that has any relevance, but maybe we all had a little too much philosophy and theology.