The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

There is no true freedom without time freedom. And there is no time freedom without financial freedom.

I wanted someone above me in the chain of life. I didn't want to be alone, a single blue egg in a crumbling nest.

As you move through this life...you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life - and travel - leaves marks on you.

Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake.

I started with California, and I did not like it. I flew over to Seattle, and I did not like it much. I felt like Iowa is the place - I like the people and the environment.

Spirit is an invisible force made visible in all life.

I'm a believer in The Word, which says "God moves mountains."

The only way to give finality to the world is to give it consciousness.

Chill December brings the sleet, Blazing fire, and Christmas treat.

We need more cartoonists to truly retire when they retire, and not run repeats.