As History stands, it is a sort of Chinese Play, without end and without lesson.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

If the word of God cannot do it in your life then your Pastor must be wasting his time.

You need to be my wife to win with me.

I'm absolutely delighted if people think of me as a reliable purveyor of quality period stuff.

Seize opportunity by the forelock and see where it leads you.

There is nothing indulgent about the Moral Law. It is as hard as nails. It tells you to do the straight thing and it does not seem to care how painful, or dangerous, or difficult it is to do.

Any album that I ever put out I'm going to send it to country radio first.

I'm perfectly happy when I look out at an audience and it's all women. I always think it's kind of odd, but then, more women than men, I think, read and write poetry.

Love can make you do things that you never thought possible

I have learned that if you fear God, you have no one else to fear.

He just raised the dead with coke and cheeseburgers