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

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.

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

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.

A man's bookcase will tell you everything you'll ever need to know about him.

The hunger inside us must be fed to be controlled.

The idea of love horrified me, and I knew I couldn't have it, so I didn't want it.

Love and do what you like.

I wouldn't want to be a talk show host. That's another awkward compliment people make. 'You should have your own talk show.' And I think, no thank you.

I think doing anything having to do with war, you walk away so very grateful for everything you have and the safety that you have.

The secret of my success is that no woman has ever been jealous of me.

A Christian should always remember that the value of his good works is not based on their number and excellence, but on the love of God which prompts him to do these things.

We do have to use our minds as far as they will take us, yet acknowledging that they cannot take us all the way.

There is no true believing or trusting to the report of the gospel, but what is the effect of the working of a divine power on the soul for that end.