Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.

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.

The Son of God is the Saviour.

Does it break my heart, of course, every moment of every day, into more pieces than my heart was made of...

I don't know what's wrong with my television set. I was getting C-Span and the Home Shopping Network on the same station. I actually bought a congressman.

If we can send a guy to the moon we can certainly go a quarter of a mile and not get hurt.

The worst kind of arrogance is arrogance from ignorance.

It's probably a form of childish curiosity that keeps me going as a fiction writer. I ... want to open everybody's bureau drawers and see what they keep in there. I'm nosy.

When we are reflecting on terrorism we can grieve for many things we do and have done.

A blogger is constantly looking over his shoulder, for fear that he is not being followed.

One of the gifts one movie lover can give another is the title of a wonderful film they have not yet discovered

The heart must glow before the tongue can gild.