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

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.

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.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

The uber successful are those who breed success in others.

Love means never having to say you're sorry.

My diet is always terrible, unfortunately. I don't know moderation.

You can win, it'll just cost you some money.

Anyone can wrestle until they are tired.

If I don't paint for one day, I don't feel well physically or mentally.

That which enters the mind through reason can be corrected. That which is admitted through faith, hardly ever.

You don't race cars, you race the rule book

Experience has shown us that virtue puts down only shallow roots in those who are there for just a short time

I've never felt a desire (and I don't believe I ever shall) to bring the public to my work... a certain popularity seems to me the least desirable of things.