Praise begets emulation,--a goodly seed to sow among youthful students.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor.

A house without books is like a room without windows.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

I like the idea of defying the convention of what it is to be in your 40s, or 50s, or 60s.

One of my degrees was a science degree in biology.

If anything is possible, then nothing is interesting

Our liberty cannot be taken away unless the people are themselves accomplices.

A guest never forgets the host who has treated him kindly.

There are a lot of people in this country who really like my writing. And a lot of writers respect me. But the so-called establishment? They hate me.

Each part in itself constitutes the whole to which it belongs.

Silly Caucasian girl likes to play with Samurai swords.

No matter how dark things become, someone is always with you - and that someone is God. He helps by giving you peace and a positive mental attitude.

Just in general, no matter what you're doing, be true to yourself. Never let anyone else dictate how you live your life.