Those who differ most from the opinions of their fellow men are the most confident of the truth of their own.

The powers of a man's mind are directly proportional to the quantity of coffee he drank.

Diffused knowledge immortalizes itself.

Men are never so good or so bad as their opinions.

The Commons, faithful to their system, remained in a wise and masterly inactivity.

The frivolous work of polished idleness.

Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.

Whatever is popular deserves attention.

A vice utterly at variance with the happiness of him who harbors it, and, as such, condemned by self-love.

Praise is the symbol which represents sympathy, and which the mind insensibly substitutes for its recollection and language.

It is right to be content with what we have, never with what we are.

Sometimes success demands a certain refined insanity.

The goal was never dependent on the route that took me there. It was always dependent on the heart that got me through whatever route opened itself up to my efforts.

Maybe we aren't so very different after all. There's good and bad in both of us, and that's what binds us together, for better or worse.

RIBALDRY, n. Censorious language by another concerning oneself.

Take responsibility for the things you build and invent.

The New Oxford Dictionary has declared Sarah Palin's word 'refudiate' to be the 2010 Word of the Year. Palin was honored and said she would do her best to 'dismangle' the English language.

Like every Southern writer, I thought that I needed to write the next Gone With the Wind.

God loves us despite our shortcomings and sins, and his love gives meaning to our lives and to the life of the world.

I love it if a man makes an effort to get to know my parents and sisters. Getting to know the people who matter to me goes a long way.

A modern economy and society requires skilled people, so you need to train them.