Observe any meetings of people, and you will always find their eagerness and impetuosity rise or fall in proportion to their numbers.

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.

Do not just go through the day without pausing to ponder! You shall only retire wondering.

Disbelief is the strongest tool in our arsenal.

I think it's very important, even if you're not in organized sports, but just to be active, to be healthy.

Racism is a common thread among people of color, even though each experience with it is different.

A girl fresh from a boarding school may perhaps be a virgin but no! she is never chaste.

Please tell me we don't grow up and turn into the adults that drive us crazy.

I used to want to be tall, and then I thought, 'If I were tall, then people would say I was pretty and not cute.' And then I realized that there are worse things than being called cute.

Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.

A big dog tends to be much more at ease with kids and gentle with them than a little one that's always yelping.