The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.

Was ever any wicked man free from the stings of a guilty conscience?

Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Integrity gains strength by use.

Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale And silent, settles into full revenge.

Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate these affections will find ease in his mind.

If people would but provide for eternity with the same solicitude and real care as they do for this life, they could not fail of heaven.

When love writes a letter, joy is its ink.

What was to fear from a foe that could be defeated by a few potholes and the heat of the sun?

it is easier to induce national governments to discriminate against foreign producers than to defend the interests of domestic consumers

Fame is the thirst of youth.

For me, the great thing about music is that anybody can do it.

What dazzles, for the moment spends its spirit; Whats genuine, shall posterity inherit.

Chris Washburne is a superior hard bop player.

When people got old, why did they always develop a passion for scrabbling in the earth? Were they trying to get used to it?

There's so much stuff said about me that's not true, so now if something is hurtful and wrong, I send an e-mail or letter immediately, saying, This is not true.

There is a silence, the child of love, which expresses everything, and proclaims more loudly than the tongue is able to do; there are movements that are involuntary proofs of what the soul feels.