To write for a living, according to Mr. Whipple, is coquetting with starvation.

The highest art is artlessness.

If you tell a woman she is beautiful, whisper it softly, for if the devil hears, he will echo it many times.

How much of love lies buried in dusty graves!

Real merit requires as much labor, to be placed in a true light, as humbug to be elevated to an unworthy eminence; only the success of the false is temporary, that of the true, immortal.

The ignorant ever shun and dread the gifted and enlightened.

There are some professed Christians who would gladly burn their enemies, but yet who forgive them merely because it is heaping coals of fire on their heads.

You have to have courage to be obedient to God.

My life experiences have helped me to be less fearful. In politics, that has allowed me to take on issues sooner rather than later.

I don't like to look for anything in particular.

Everyone else is just mad cause i came from the bottom with out them

Joe Mauer's the real deal. He is absolutely wonderful. Not only is he a great player, but he's a great human being. He's the kind of guy you'd like to see be your son.

I studied for my degree in London and consequently ended up spending five years away from Cornwall. I deliberately moved away from the coast to experience a different way of life.

And when I started college, I think I was good at two things: arguing and asking questions.

You see, some things I can teach you. Some you learn from books. But there are things that, well, you have to see and feel.

But God, who is the Eternal Mind, is undoubtedly of excellence, complete and perfect in every part.

Greece could default on its debts and even exit currency bloc if it cannot deliver reforms.