A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.

As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.

Grace comes into the soul as the morning sun into the world: there is first a dawning, then a mean light, and at last the sun in his excellent brightness.

That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.

Prevention is so much better than healing because it saves the labor of being sick.

No man more truly loves God than he that is most fearful to offend Him.

He who reforms himself, has done much toward reforming others; and one reason why the world is not reformed, is, because each would have others make a beginning, and never thinks of himself doing it.

The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive Him to His face.

He who demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass.

He who is proud of his knowledge, has gout in the wrong end.

Satan like a fisher, baits his hook according to the appetite of the fish.

You can’t just write and write and put things in a drawer. They wither without the warm sun of someone else’s appreciation.

When God calls you to build 100 castles on earth and you built 98, take the 99th as if it's the begining of your work and work hard to finish the race with all excellence. Go the extra mile!

Jesus was not a Christian, nor was Marx a Marxist.

Nothing in nature is by chance... Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.

As for opinions, if they're not pleasant they'd better be kept to yourself. I learned that early in life and forget it every day.

Religion operates not only on the vertical plane but also on the horizontal. It seeks not only to integrate men with God but to integrate men with men and each man with himself.

I would definitely like to continue my career in Hollywood, work hard and do my best.

Sir, as a man advances in life, he gets what is better than admiration, - judgement, to estimate things at their true value.

Everybody is different. I can think of three black men I've dated and they couldn't be more different from each other.

About the only other thing I'd want would be a wider neck. My fingers are so fat that sometimes I deaden the string next to the one I'm fretting.