Vociferation and calmness of character seldom meet in the same person.

Neatness begets order; but from order to taste there is the same difference as from taste to genius, or from love to friendship.

You may depend upon it that he is a good man whose intimate friends are all good, and whose enemies are decidedly bad.

The craftiest trickery are too short and ragged a cloak to cover a bad heart.

What knowledge is there of which man is capable that is not founded on the exterior,--the relation that exists between visible and invisible, the perceptible and the imperceptible?

You can depend on no man, on no friend, but him who can depend on himself.

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

Him, who incessantly laughs in the street, you may commonly hear grumbling in his closet.

Be certain that he who has betrayed thee once will betray thee again.

Sensibility is the power of woman.

The difference between one person who is living in poverty and another person living in wealth is their understanding of what to do with time.

I thought I would be understood without words.

Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.

I'm childish and silly. Most people tease me because I'm a bit daft.

I would never abdicate, nor would I expect any other governor to abdicate, the responsibility to protect the people of my state.

The last dregs of winter spoiling the taste of everything.

It is a rare and beautiful thing when we choose to offer love in situations when most people would choose to scorn or ignore.

Baseball was just the avenue that the Lord used so I can provide for my family.

A resourceful person will always make opportunity fit his or her needs.

My record label is treating me like I'm a new artist, which is exciting after all this time.