To have religion upon authority, and not upon conviction, is like a finger-watch, to be set forwards or backwards, as he pleases that has it in keeping.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

Most people do not invest their time because they do not see need to do that.

I'm tired of watching you be in love with someone else someone who will never love you back, not the way I do.

For reasons I do not fully understand, some power is released through setting positive goals that would otherwise remain dormant.

Kennedy didn't beat Nixon. Satire beat Nixon.

Benchley and I had an office in the old Life magazine that was so tiny, if it were an inch smaller it would have been adultery.

A wonderful book . . . Full of sadness, hope, and ultimately love. I found it very moving.

In religion, faith is a virtue. In science, faith is a vice.

The Arena League is the best thing that could have happened to me because I get to run the whole process. I'm seeing not only the football side but the business side

If you're old enough, you're good enough

The dense and godly wear consistency as a flower, the imaginative fling it joyfully behind them.