No good book, or good thing of any sort, shows its best face at first.

Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer does come.

No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

Endurance is patience concentrated.

I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom.

Nature alone is antique, and the oldest art a mushroom.

A strong mind always hopes, and has always cause to hope.

A loving heart is the beginning of all knowledge.

Of all acts of man repentance is the most divine. The greatest of all faults is to be conscious of none.

People who live according to the world’s standard are confused, and therefore get into all kinds of trouble that leads to destruction.

A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women.

I've passed along some advice that Oprah [Winfrey] gave to me: When something bad is happening, it's not happening to you; it's happening for you.

Only Once In Your Life

Text first, rhythm second, melody third.

I occasionally get glimpses, but I have to reprioritize, because that's how it naturally progresses - things like family, responsibilities, and your job all take precedent.

I have an accident about every two years, and one day it won't be an accident!

Suspense combines curiosity with fear and pulls them up a rising slope.

The good opinion of the vulgar is injurious.

Your money, or your life. We know what to do when a burglar makes this demand of us, but not when God does.