The individual and the race are always moving, and as we drift into new latitudes new lights open in the heaven more immediately over us.

The bosom can ache beneath diamond brooches; and many a blithe heart dances under coarse wool.

Through every rift of discovery some seeming anomaly drops out of the darkness, and falls, as a golden link into the great chain of order.

It is difficult to believe that a true gentleman will ever become a gamester, a libertine, or a sot.

Do not judge from mere appearances.

No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love.

Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge, and dares to forgive an injury.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Neutral men are the devil's allies.

Goodness consists not in the outward things we do, but in the inward thing we are.

Heaven never defaults. The wicked are sure of their wages, sooner or later.

Creators aren't gods. They make places, which is quite hard. It's men that make gods. This explains a lot.

It is always perilous to suppose that the past is over and done with or that it can ever safely be disconnected from the pressing concerns of the present.

After I was diagnosed with celiac disease, I said yes to food, with great enthusiasm. . . . I vowed to taste everything I could eat, rather than focusing on what I could not.

You have to laugh at the things that hurt you just to keep yourself in balance, just to the world from running you plumb crazy

We are all here for a spell, get all the good laughs you can.

I have this book club, and we don't read one book; we offer up a few suggestions and create a library over time.

I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.

Killing you and what you represent is a statement. I''m not a hundred percent sure exactly what it''s saying

Look at the walls of Pompeii. That's what got the internet started.

All His glory and beauty come from within, and there He delights to dwell, His visits there are frequent, His conversation sweet, His comforts refreshing; and His peace passing all understanding.