Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

See, here's a shadow found; the human nature Is made th' umbrella to the Deity, To catch the sunbeams of thy just Creator; Beneath this covert thou may'st safely lie.

There's no way to know what's going to happen, Folly. But we'll blood well be on our feet when it does.

Let your greatest possession be the ability to let go of any possession, joyfully.

It's like ten thousand spoons, when all you need is a knife.

Kids' lives are just as important and difficult as grown ups'.

I love kids. I just love kids. They put you in a good mood and they are so full of life.

So, I travel a lot. I hate traveling, mostly 'cause my dad used to beat me with a globe.

Mankind is ever the same, and nothing lost out of nature, though everything is altered.

He goes for stark versus accessorized, dark over bright, jewel tone instead of pastel, carnal over flirty.

When I was very little, we would get letters from China, in Chinese, and they' be censored. We were a very insular little family.

I'm not afraid to be a jerk or anything and laugh at myself anymore.