There will never be a better time to start quitting smoking than today

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

If we do not plant knowledge when young, it will give us no shade when we are old.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.

Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

You must look into people, as well as at them.

A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.

Know the true value of time; snatch, seize, and enjoy every moment of it. No idleness, no laziness, no procrastination: never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

if you let tragedy change you, You have already lost.

If Scotland and America go to war, I'm afraid I've already sworn in.

No other virtue makes man more equal to the angels, than the imitation of their way of life.

I always had this secret suspicion that I was special.

The only sin I think a commander in chief can make is exaggerating successes and not understanding the challenges.

I don't doubt love for a second. I'm living for love. Listen to my songs!

...the administration of the law can never go lax where every individual sees to it that it grows not lax in his own case, or in cases which fall under his eyes.

There is sort of a small town mentality on the east coast of Canada.

There are still some places I'd love to visit - Africa, China, Brazil, India. I want to travel the world and experience other cultures and peoples.

Reason and calm judgment, the qualities specially belonging to a leader.