Watch their actions, observe their motives, examine wherein they dwell content; won't you know what kind of person they are?

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.

Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.

The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

To See What Is Right And Not Do It Is A Lack Of Courage.

What you do not want done to yourself do not do to others.

Choose a job that you like, and you will never have to work a day in your life.

An orchid in a deep forest sends out its fragrance even if no one is around to appreciate it.

A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.

The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.

In mathematics the art of proposing a question must be held of higher value than solving it.

Refinement is just as much a Christian grace in a man as in a woman; but he is not such a hateful, unsexed creature without it as a woman is.

God doesn't want you to go to church. He wants you to want to go to church.

The older you get, the more you've done.

I am indeed rich, since my income is superior to my expenses, and my expense is equal to my wishes.

I don't take the English press seriously at all because all they want is dirt... I hate them.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

The pain barrier was not a barrier for her; she could go beyond it.

Writing history and biography for kids calls for special skills that can only be acquired through practice and that are different from those required for an adult audience.

My dad is a retired Shakespeare professor, my mother a retired classicist. Suffice to say I grew up in a house full of books, where reading was encouraged if not required.