Study the heart and the mind of man, and begin with your own. Meditation and reflection must lay the foundation of that knowledge, but experience and practice must, and alone can, complete it.

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.

People who don’t feel insulted by the ungodliness and injustice around them do not do anything about it.

He [Iggy] started reaching for things around the table, and his hand landed on Total. “You’re black.”“I prefer canine-American, ” said Total.

If enough of us keep trying, we'll get someplace.

Everything I do is to become better, the best ever and I'm not going to stop.

Never get satisfied. The minute you stop trying, you go downhill.

Surviving and believing in tomorrow is just a habit I can't break.

For now we must continue to strengthen our sanctions and pressure on North Korea.

Mr Robert Montgomery's genius [is] far too free and aspiring to be shackled by the rules of syntax? [His] readers must take such grammar as they can get and be thankful.

They say cowardice is infectious; but then argument is, on the other hand, a great emboldener.