Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

Hold on to hope and positive thoughts

I place no hope in my strength, nor in my works: but all my confidence is in God my protector, who never abandons those who have put all their hope and thought in him.

Did you really think I would be this excited about college if I thought I'd be leaving my girl behind?

My wife and I are both Libertarian; she was a Democrat and I was a Republican, and we both met in the middle somewhere.

Genius is the ability to act rightly without precedent - the power to do the right thing the first time.

Focus on beauty all day long. Realize how incredibly beautiful your life is. How incredibly beautiful it is to feel, to look around, to be, to experience all this wonder.

Of course my jokes are in poor taste, inappropriate, and confused; they reveal my lack of security. But that is because I have no respect for myself.

Our lies reveal as much about us as our truths

Basically, this guy was a saint, so we drink.