Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.

Was ever any wicked man free from the stings of a guilty conscience?

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be.

Integrity gains strength by use.

Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale And silent, settles into full revenge.

Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate these affections will find ease in his mind.

If people would but provide for eternity with the same solicitude and real care as they do for this life, they could not fail of heaven.

She put one hand on mine. “When someone is in your heart, they’re never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.

He could feel her laughter against his chest, and at that moment he thought that there was no better feeling than making Emma Morley laugh.

excuse my enthusiasm or rather madness, for I am really drunk with intellectual vision whenever I take a pencil or graver into my hand.

Griping is for those without a plan of action...

All my life, I heard, 'Stop daydreaming, ' 'Get over yourself, ' 'You'll never get there, ' 'Aim lower, ' 'You'll hurt yourself, ' from teachers, family, and friends.

You had better all die - die immediately, than live as slaves and entail your wretchedness upon your posterity.

I'm long and I'm strong! To challenge me would be so wrong!

I've always loved to prove people wrong. I want to be able to cross color lines, because in music, there really is no barrier.

Most of the heroes of Scripture rose to their greatest victories after their worst mistakes. God is in the redemption business, and He testifies of this through the lives of everyone He calls.