Pleasure is a reciprocal no one feels it who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased one must please.

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.

You will not reap the fruit of individuality in your children if you clone their education.

He hasn’t really seen you, not as you want to be seen, but he’s starting to, a little.

I had a dream that I was perfect…I woke up and was still perfect. Aw.

Old habits will keep you stuck as they won't open doors to new opportunities.

Too much self-centered attitude, you see, brings, you see, isolation. Result: loneliness, fear, anger. The extreme self-centered attitude is the source of suffering.

Life should be a constant vision of God's presence. Here is our defense against being led away by the gauds and shows of earth's vulgar attractions.

If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.

My father was always so mingled with rage at his life.

Even the crudest, most derivative novel is an expression of the author's hopes and fears and ideas about good and evil.

Two things are going on at the same time with the flattening of the world: The relentless quest for efficiency is squeezing some of the fat out of life.