Nothing is rarer than the use of a word in its exact meaning.

Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit.

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

A thought embodied and embrained in fit words walks the earth a living being.

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.

Jenny was struck again by the contrast between his attractiveness and his shyness. It was endearing.

History is hallmark of humanity.

My parents were vegetarians. I'd show up at school, this giant black kid, with none of the cool clothes and a tofu sandwich and celery sticks.

Half the world is below average and it's not going to get any better.

I'm not a Hollywood party guy.

When government gets between my lips and my stomach; I call that invasion of privacy!

No one is an overachiever. How can you rise above your level of competency? Everyone is an underachiever to different degrees. The harder you work, the more luck you will have.

Round and round we spin, with feet of lead and wings of tin.

I can do nothing for you but work on myself...you can do nothing for me but work on yourself!

Creativity has a touch of the bizarre