There is no book so bad that it is not profitable in some part. -Nullus est liber tam malus ut non aliqua parte prosit

However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.

The happier time, the quicker it passes

And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.

It is difficult to retain what you may have learned unless you should practice it. -Difficile est tenere quae acceperis nisi exerceas

Too much polishing weakens rather than improves a work.

Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions.

It is wonderful how the mind is stirred and quickened into activity by brisk bodily exercise.

Everyone is prejudiced in favor of his own powers of discernment.

The erection of a monument is superfluous, our memory will endure if our lives have deserved it.

That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

My only worry about tweeting and modern technology is how it has crept into even the darkest corners of the absolute global village we live in.

I'm a musician. It's what I do! I wouldn't be too good at anything else.

The only word for love is everybody's name.

I always think the audience sometimes wants what you're not giving them.

Learn when's a good time to shut up

God seeks us where we are, not so that we stay there, but so that we may come to be where He is, so that we may get beyond ourselves.

Turns out it was mostly a lie. But, at least for a short while, it was a beautiful one.

It's just a matter of, for me, getting my mind where it needs to be. Certainly I've made a lot of adjustments in my life, and I've gone through a lot. A lot.

You don't want anybody walking into your house and taking a Gatorade out of your refrigerator, you've got to get in there and protect it.