Once sent out, a word takes wings beyond recall.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

Faith is an island in the setting sun, But proof is the bottom line for everyone.

I think [George W.] Bush has done nothing right about global warming.

You can actually see God, and Hear Him, play with Him. It might sound crazy, but He is actually there.

When you write for very young children what they want is something familiar and safe and stereotyped.

Things that really matter are the things that gold can't buy, so let's have another cup o' coffee and let's have another piece o' pie.

The purification required is not of untouchables but of the so-called superior castes.

We'll do all right if we can capitalize on our mistakes.

Academia is a rarified culture, especially an Ivy League academic background.

Tolerance and compassion are qualities of fearless people.