Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the infirmities of the body.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.

Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

Despite tribulation, distress, famine, peril, and sword, God had allowed them all to emerge as conquerors.

The light at the end of the tunnel is just the light of an oncoming train.

Truth is the old way. Truth dates back to the time when your word was your bond, and you didn't need papers in a language you couldn't understand to compel you to act honestly.

With humor, it's so subjective that trying to think of what the ideal reader would think would drive you crazy.

Fighting is life... Are you a person who gives up or are you a person who's going to fight?

I see a little progress, ... So as long as I keep seeing that, then I'm willing to give him everything I've got.

You always ask if I'm okay But it's not the same as being happy

Our true remembrance to President Kennedy is in our actions to honor the unspoken words and finish the unfinished work today and tomorrow and for as long as it takes.

Give up grains and fried restaurant foods. Doing that pretty much gets you most of the way there.

I was always in love with Judy Garland, and when I was growing up, I fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, of course.