The plainest man who pays attention to women, will sometimes succeed as well as the handsomest man who does not.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.

Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

Where there is no Sachchidanand [sat-chit-anand, eternal knowledge and vision leading to bliss], there is night (darkness).

Who would want to be the prey in a world full of hunters?~Disarming(Reign of Blood #2)

The giant console, high ceilings, and glass windows mean nothing than love from the heart.

Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph-green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree.

There is some place where your specialties can shine. Somewhere that difference can be expressed. It's up to you to find it, and you can.

I really am a character actor, in my heart of hearts, because I really do like developing characters and painting a past for them.

My hero is a guy named Teddy Roosevelt. Teddy Roosevelt used to say, walk softly, talk softly but carry a big stick.

He can run, steal bases, throw, hit for average, and hit with power like I've never seen. Just don't put him at shortstop.

A positive attitude, can turn a storm into a sprinkle.

The child shall become father to the man.