The fairest blossoms of pleasantry thrive best where the sun is not strong enough to scorch, nor the soil rank enough to corrupt.

He that serves God for Money, will serve the Devil for better Wages.

Wickedness may prosper for a while.

The devil helps his servants for a season; but when they get into a pinch; he leaves them in the lurch.

A universal applause is seldom less than two thirds of a scandal

Men are not to be judged by their looks, habits, and appearances; but by the character of their lives and conversations, and by their works.

If we should cease to be generous and charitable because another is sordid and ungrateful, it would be much in the power of vice to extinguish Christian virtues.

Figure-flingers and star-gazers pretend to foretell the fortunes of kingdoms, and have no foresight in what concerns themselves.

It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.

Much tongue and much judgment seldom go together.

Passions, as fire and water, are good servants, but bad masters, and subminister to the best and worst purposes.

If we can save at least one child from hurting themselves and destorying their lives then I believe we can say...We did our jobs!

I may have not done History in high school but War cannot be ended by endless talks, only Cold War.

Yes, you may have your cake and eat it too. I will only take the rest of the world along with all the other cakes in it, thank you!

If you don’t make your choices, others will choose for you.

How frail the human heart must be―a mirrored pool of thought.

And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. ... I can find no serenity until I accept that person place thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.

I take a simple view of living. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

I scrolled on down to the obituaries. I usually read the obituaries first as there is always the happy chance that one of them will make my day.

A human being can spend only so much time outside her comfort zone before she realizes she is still tethered to it.

Being selfless is not that different from being brave. It is when you are selfless that you are the bravest.