Old gold has a civilizing virtue which new gold must grow old to be capable of secreting.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Your anger and resentment can destroy peace but love can fill the world with peace and happiness.

With acceptance comes change.

His manual of heaven and hell lay open before me, and I could perceive my nothingness in this scheme.

From this day forward, you will be my sun at dawn and my stars at night, and I vow to love and cherish you for all our days.

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.

A rib... loaves and fish... some spit... God can do a lot with a little.

I don't like modern country music. It's not what I'm into, is all. I'm old-school.

There is no longer one way to consume TV. Some shows you want to watch live, some shows you only discover through streaming, some shows you just feel you need to DVR.

People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work.

People who won’t take step number one never take step number two.