No more duty can be urged upon those who are entering the great theater of life than simple loyalty to their best convictions.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

The future belongs to all who, refusing to look back at the past move ahead with the clock as it ticks.

I love people who choose to surprise the sad ones, Just to make them smile!

Try to live with as few regrets as you can short of zero. A life with no regrets at all was never really lived.

Anytime there is a Bigfoot show, where they supposedly have recordings of him, I am watching. I love the idea of Bigfoot. I want him to be out there somewhere.

One of Beethoven's favorite dishes was macaroni and cheese. The girl I marry must be able to make good macaroni and cheese..." "How did Beethoven feel about cold cereal?

She attempted to turn again; I held on. I wasn't holding tight enough to keep her, but she wasn't pulling hard enough to get away.

The true science and study of mankind is man.

All who do evil and dishonorable things do them against their will.

Everybody knows how to utter a complaint, but few can express a graceful compliment.

Scarce can I speak, my choler is so great. Oh! I could hew up rocks, and fight with flint.