Whether religion be true or false, it must be necessarily granted to be the only wise principle and safe hypothesis for a man to live and die by.

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.

Was ever any wicked man free from the stings of a guilty conscience?

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Integrity gains strength by use.

Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale And silent, settles into full revenge.

Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate these affections will find ease in his mind.

The universe is more than thirteen billion years old. What is the value of a single kiss compared to that?

They soon stopped being ten years old. But whatever age they were seemed to be exactly the right age for having fun.

We learn something when someone passes through our lives. Some lessons are painful. Some lessons are painless & some lessons are priceless.

Do not be too timid and squeamish. ... All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.

I'm used to hearing myself. My own voice.

When people are old enough to know better they are old enough to do worse.

For anything worth having one must pay the price; and the price is always work, patience, love, self-sacrifice - no paper currency, no promises to pay, but the gold of real service.

...maybe it was better to break a man's leg than to break his heart.

If you have a pap smear every year, there's no reason to develop cervical cancer.

I was the guy that told Bill Clinton he was going to win. I had gotten the final polling numbers. He had a comfortable lead. He was not going to lose.