Nature has hardly formed a woman ugly enough to be insensible to flattery upon her person.

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.

There’s something about being naïve. Really interesting things come because you don’t know what the rules are, what you can and can’t do.

The soul knows no greater anguish than to take a breath that begins with love and ends with grief.

I know she's just trying to protect me, just as I was to protect myself a few short weeks ago, but her words make me aware that the heart in my chest is a muscles like any other. It can hurt.

Learn from all, but copy none and just be yourself.

Render therefore to all their dues.

Well-makers lead the water (wherever they like) ; fletchers bend the arrow ; carpenters bend a log of wood ; wise people fashion themselves.

Death changes nothing but the mask that covers our faces.

I think what ruins relationships and causes most fights is insecurity.

I was an English major, so I love discussing possibilities and alternate theories.

Good wine is a good familiar creature if it be well used.