Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should ask.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.

Try to be of some use to others.

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet.

If religion might be judged of according to men's intentions, there would scarcely be any idolatry in the world.

A tongue is about the size of a bullet, but much more fierce and powerful.

Imaginary happiness has an “end” and real happiness is “permanent”.

Keep your standards high, and any guy who is worth it will rise to meet them.

Reading is fundamental - fun to mental.

They say Im demonic in humor in the sense that I think people need somebody to wake up their mental processes.

Every woman must live by some sense of victory over disappointments, and Olympias was not the sort of woman to find compensation in her own powers of self-control and endurance.

I have nothing against Bosniaks/Islam, but it is the desire to direct political processes that is completely unacceptable.

Providence is the perpetuity and continuance of creation.

I have never made a movie that's attracted a 14-year-old boy.

It's not really about confidence. It's just something that isn't really in the vocabulary of what goes on at work. The writers write and the actors act.