One of the greatest difficulties in civil war is, that more art is required to know what should be concealed from our friends, than what ought to be done against our enemies.

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.

If they say you will fall, rise. If they say you will fail, succeed. If they say you will break, kept it together. If they say you will deteriorate, flourish.

The female format is a beautiful one in which to function. Foolhardy as it may be. I change my image all the time, it's whatever suits me at the moment.

Brian and I were both science students. You know science sort of math and physics side, you know.

Most of my videos consist of fragments, one or two minutes long. They are haikus or sketches. I have thousands.

Keeping vigil over her are two monsters of very different breeds but monster just the same. Death on her left. Devil on her right.

The state of least excitation of consciousness is the field of all possibilities.

I do love to perform. And I'm ever so grateful that this has turned into a job with a future.

What greater blessing to give thanks for at a family gathering than the family and the gathering.

A wise judge, by the craft of the law, was never seduced from its purpose.

Beauty is self-defined, perceived and understood without ambiguity. It's the stuff that lies under the skins of our individual existences.