True emotions and sincere words never perish. The great heart of humanity gladly receives and embalms every true utterance of the humblest of its offspring.

The practice of perseverance is the discipline of the noblest virtues. To run well, we must run to the end. It is not the fighting but the' conquering that gives a hero his title to renown.

Those who do the least themselves are always the severest critics upon the noble achievements of others.

The advent of truth, like the dawn of day, agitates the elements, while it disperses the gloom.

He is always the severest censor of the merit of others who has the least worth of his own.

Perseverance is the master impulse of the firmest souls, the discipline of the noblest virtues, and the guaranty of acquisitions the most invigorating in their use and inestimable in their worth.

While the censorious man is most severe in judging others, he is invariably the most ready to repel any animadversions made upon himself...

Ability for stupendous toil is lodged in every human spirit, a grand gift from the God of nature; but only the persevering worker knows what this latent power is able to achieve.

Language the most forcible proceeds from the man who is most sincere. The way to speak with power, or to write words that pierce mankind to the quick, is to speak and write honestly.

The period of youth is the glory of nature, and the healthful development of all the resources of strength deposited in our nature is the glory of youth.

Lying is sometimes acted, insinuated, or implied, in a manner as injurious and shameful as when the falsehood is spoken outright.

To fall in love with someone's thoughts - the most intimate, splendid romance.

Communism is like one big phone company.

When email and the Internet came along, I never publish an email address. I just stuck with this P.O. Box address.

In fact, theres a lot to legitimately hate about pro sports and the way they are conducted.

Keep your enemies at a distance, your partners close at hand.

You want diversity in any intellectual organization. I mean, that's how good ideas arise.

Men of simple understanding, little inquisitive and little instructed, make good Christians.

He is not bad, I don't think. Perhaps he is simply too lazy to be good.

Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.

Time passed slowly, like and old man climbing a hill.