Show me the man who would go to heaven alone if he could, and in that man I will show you one who will never be admitted into heaven.

Every man should study conciseness in speaking; it is a sign of ignorance not to know that long speeches, though they may please the speaker, are the torture of the hearer.

He who would be singular in his apparel had need have something superlative to balance that affectation.

Meditation is the soul's perspective glass.

Negligence is the rust of the soul that corrodes through all her best resolves.

The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.

Promises may get friends, but it is performance that must nurse and keep them.

It is much safer to reconcile an enemy than to conquer him; victory may deprive him of his poison, but reconciliation of his will.

To trust God when we have securities in our iron chest is easy, but not thankworthy; but to depend on him for what we cannot see, as it is more hard for man to do, so it is more acceptable to God.

There is no belittling worse than to over praise a man.

Where there is plenty, charity is a duty, not a courtesy

The most clear-sided view of the darkest possible situation is itself an act of optimism

Dream Song of Thunders:Sometimes I go about pitying Myself, While I am carried by the wind Across the sky.

We know only too well that what we are doing is nothing more than a drop in the ocean. But if the drop were not there, the ocean would be missing something.

I voted for Obama and I was delighted that he's been elected.

Pour me another tequila, I'm going to put on your red satin dress. You put on my clothes.

If you want to live the Christian life, you will have to realize that Someone Else has to be in control.

Girl, you better check yourself before you wreck yourself!

When I write a paper, I change my notation much more than I change my concepts.

As a public official and being so highly visible, I have a responsibility to make it very clear that those people who will have cancer at one point in their lives will be able to function.

What will finally destroy us is not communism or fascism, but man acting like God.