The history of all the world tells us that immoral means will ever intercept good ends.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Max?' he asked.'Yeah?''...What are you doing?''Shooting people.

I don't know which is stronger: the thrill of winning or the fear of failure. I don't know which one affects me most. I don't know where the middle is.

A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart.

A ready way to lose your friend is to lend him money. Another equally ready way to lose him is to refuse to lend him money. It is six of one and a half dozen of the other.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of bandages and adhesive tape.

I'm afraid because some police are way out of control. My true feeling with police is this: If they do their job, there's no problem.

If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing.

I learned how to cook and do a lot of marital things.

I don't really have any childhood memories of my dad, unfortunately, .. I was 10 years old when he passed, so my memories are kind of skewed. I don't have many memories of my childhood, period.

Let me not be so vain to think that I'm the sole author of my victories and a victim of my defeats.