There is no greater punishment than that of being abandoned to one's self.

The truth only irritates those it enlightens, but does not convert.

Anger causes us often to condemn in one what we approve in another.

A just person knows how to secure his own reputation without blemishing another's by exposing his faults.

Zeal is very blind, or badly regulated, when it encroaches upon the rights of others.

We pass our life in deliberation, and we die upon it.

Men are; more inclined to ask curious questions than to obtain necessary instruction.

Care may acquire wealth, which, when acquired, care must guard and worry about.

Charity is an eternal debt and without limit.

Zeal is very blind or badly regulated when it encroaches upon the rights of others.

A good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.

Her laughter was my favorite symphony.

The very best thing about dogs is how they just know when you need them most, and they’ll drop everything that they’re doing to sit with you awhile.

To attain happiness in another world we need only to believe something, while to secure it in this world we must do something.

A man is about as happy as he makes up his mind to be.

The heart of France lies between Brussels and Paris.

This week, a 95-year-old woman married a 98-year-old man to become the world's oldest newlyweds. They're registered at Bed, Sponge Bath and Beyond.

Oh, how great the plan of our God!

We know all along that time is squeezing us into a corner while we mentally rocket to each new star that flares across our sky, and yet we can't help ourselves.

I had tried to come up with a superhero comic, but it didn't work 'cause I wasn't a superhero artist, and I left it unfinished.