the uncandid censurer always picks out the worst man of a class, and then confidently produces him as being a fair specimen of it.

The sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things.

Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

A crown! what is it? It is to bear the miseries of a people! To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents, And sink beneath a load of splendid care!

Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.

No man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed.

The misfortune is, that religious learning is too often rather considered as an act of the memory than of the heart and affections; as a dry duty, rather than a lively pleasure.

We are apt to mistake our vocation by looking out of the way for occasions to exercise great and rare virtues, and by stepping over the ordinary ones that lie directly in the road before us.

There are only two bad things in this world, sin and bile.

The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded.

In my opinion, all boyfriends should turn out to be secretly wealthy.

For years I wanted to be older and now I am.

although science could pinpoint the exact spot in the brain that ignites rage, they had yet to identify the location that produces love.

You can't kind of take away, you either do or you don't. If you kind of take away something you're a failure.

The reverse side of truth has a hundred thousand shapes and no defined limits.

Tonight we celebrate Hollywood's best and whitest, sorry... brightest.

It evoked Picasso and Miles Davis for me — two great artists who totally indulged themselves in their work and who they were, but they certainly didn't give a damn what other people thought.

The Panama Canal was dug with a microscope.

One thing that's certain: around the corner from every ugly thing, there's something really beautiful. If we stop at every bitter interaction; we'll never reach our destination.

We're going to be the underdogs again in Istanbul on the 25th, but that suits us. (on the Champions league Final)