Perfection is the child of time.

Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should ask.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.

Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Try to be of some use to others.

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet.

The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.

I have a very normal life. I go to the grocery store, I go to Target. I don't have an assistant, I don't have an entourage.

No matter how deep a study you make. What you really have to rely on is your own intuition and when it comes down to it, you really don't know what's going to happen until you do it.

As it turns out, three of my four kids are professional singers. And they're really interesting, good singers.

Let's be in awe which doesn't mean anything but the courage to gape like fish at the surface breaking around our mouths as we meet the air.

Just as it is the duty of all men to obey just laws, so it is the duty of all men to disobey unjust laws.

Wall Street, the banks, and corporate America, has been able to call the shots here. They control our members of Congress and they get what they want.

Never take your obedience as the reason God blesses you; obedience is the outcome of being rightly related to God.

In good writing, words become one with things.

The problem wiv some blokes is that wen they ain't drunk, they're sober.