A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

WHAT DO WE WANT?! PATIENCE! WHEN DO WE WANT IT?! NOW!

Thus and thus is the world. Seeing the depth, we shall see also the height, and praise both.

Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.

Not a day passes over this earth but men and women of note do great deeds speak great words and suffer noble sorrows.

I just want to feel everything.

We often say God is never late, but generally He isn’t early either. Why? Because He uses times of waiting to stretch our faith in Him and to bring about change and growth in our lives.

The final true artform in what we're talking about is the goal itself. And for us to try and stop that from happening, we're kind of the anti-art.

I think I've finally proven something to people who were cynical about me. Because they were cruel.

It is in rugged crises, in unbearable endurance, and in aims which put sympathy out of the question, that the angel is shown.

Be a wonderful role model because you will be the window through which many children will see their future.