We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them.

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straight forward and simple integrity in another.

The soundest argument will produce no more conviction in an empty head than the most superficial declamation; as a feather and a guinea fall with equal velocity in a vacuum.

The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read.

None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.

Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.

Atheism is a system which can communicate neither warmth nor illumination, except from those fagots which your mistaken zeal has lighted up for its destruction.

Deliberate with caution, but act with decision and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.

The study of mathematics, like the Nile, begins in minuteness but ends in magnificence.

Genius is in you, but like a seed, you determine whether it dies or grows.

If you have never found yourself, the best place to look is in your loneliness, and rock-bottom is even better.

Every threatening of God, as well as every promise shall be fulfilled.

You can't teach an old hater new truths.

In a mystery, you must play fair by giving all the clues, but disguise them by immediately distracting the reader with something else.

Thoughts and prayers go out to Michael Weiner's family. A great leader and man. Going to be missed.

My jersey hanging from the ceiling is going to be a symbol of the hard work of the people I played with.

I've always believed the best measure of a product's worth is customer acceptance in the marketplace.

Every soul becomes gold when touched by the Beloved.

I was watching 'Wild at Heart,' and I can honestly say I did nothing for that apart from show up!