Ties of blood are not always ties of friendship; but friendship founded on merit, on esteem, and on mutual trust, becomes more vital and more tender when strengthened by the ties of blood.

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.

Periodic Paralysis is not our friend

The thing about Green Lantern rings is they pick whoever has potential to overcome great fear.

We toast the Lisp programmer who pens his thoughts within nests of parentheses.

The world more often rewards the appearances of merit than merit itself.

Consciousness is the screen. The images on the screen are your perceptions, the illusion that life is solid, that there is a material universe.

A girl who is thirteen-which is hard, and difficult, and beautiful, and painful, and exhilarating.

The world is a dynamic mess of jiggling things

The true is inimitable, the false untransformable.

Lawyers have a dangerous job in Iran.

Want to accomplish something, any-damn-thing? Sharpen your political skills!