The creditor whose appearance gladdens the heart of a debtor may hold his head in sunbeams and his foot on storms.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

Your kiss swallows meAnd engulfs my very soul

The Lord is your shepherd

If I could control tomorrow's haze, The darkened shore wouldn't bother me, If I can't control the web we weave, My life will be lost in the fallen leaves...

Nature... is nothing but the inner voice of self-interest.

The consciousness of self is the greatest hindrance to the proper execution of all physical action.

What I do know is, I never plan on growing up inside.

Seventy percent of a first draft is garbage and 30 percent is gold, but you have to write 100 percent to get that 30.

The silence of a wise man is always meaningful.

Circumstances may cause interruptions and delays, but never lose sight of your goal.

Trust is a powerful accelerator to performance and when trust goes up, speed also goes up while cost comes down - producing what we call a trust dividend.