The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart.

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.

Try your best to treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself, and you will find that this is the shortest way to benevolence

The disease of men is that they neglect their own fields and go to weed the fields of others.

To act without clear understanding, to form habits without investigation, to follow a path all one's life without knowing where it really leads; such is the behavior of the multitude.

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination.

The best things in life come in threes, like friends, dreams, and memories.

Sincerity is the way to heaven.

People are eager to comment on something when they themselves are not in the situation of doing it.

He who loves others is constantly loved by them. He who respects others is constantly respected by them.

There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.

Don't take life too seriously. Punch it in the face when it needs a good hit. Laugh at it.

Everything happens for a reason. Wait on God and trust in Him. He wants the best for us. He wants to take us from glory to glory, and from victory to victory.

Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.

The gift of writing

He knew I betrayed him and yet he was rescuing me once again, maybe for the last time.

I find my joy of living in the fierce and ruthless battles of life.

Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.

I don't smoke or drink, but I will not tell you that I won't smoke again. Probably I will when I'm 60.

I put my filter on, though, and I only see things people I follow [on Twitter] write now. So, I don't even know anymore [ trolls].

God is not a God of the edges, with a vested interest in beginnings. God is the God of the whole show.