To govern mankind, one must not overrate them.

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.

Doing what is right to GOD gives you peace not regret

If you have a ministry, dedicate yourself to it, do everything with love and with a clean heart

Age makes you want to hold everyone you love as close as you can.

I studied at Guildhall and did the acting course, but because I could sing a bit, I kept being cast in musicals.

It is the restrictions placed on vice by our social code which makes its pursuit so peculiarly agreeable.

I have a strong desire to connect. And so when I don't get that, I leave that situation feeling particularly wounded.

I like writing songs all females can relate to - songs about when you're a chick and you get your heart broken and you go shopping.

Within a Metaphysics of Quality, science is a set of static intellectual patterns describing this reality, but the patterns are not the reality they describe.

I have very, very low expenditures, but still I manage to spend it all. I guess Hot Pockets are more expensive than I thought.

My love is my weight. Because of it, I move.