Do not make mistakes about character. Better be cheated in the price than in the quality of goods.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

Dreams will get you nowhere, a good kick in the pants will take you a long way.

He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.

It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Know or listen to those who know.

To find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.

There are friendships merely for pleasure, some for the exchange of ideas. Rarest are those friends of one's inmost self.

A single lie destroys a whole reputation for integrity.

If you do not begin to search, then you cannot find anything

A bird in a nest is secure, but that is not why God gave it wings.

The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves and this of course is to be effected by stratagem.

Family, to me, is most important, and I can't wait to have one of my own, but I am not going to rush into it. I don't want to get a divorce. I want to take my time, do it once and get it right.

I'm very committed to my family and my town. My biggest local commitment are my children, my husband, my home and my grandchildren.

If the injustice is part of the necessary friction of the machine of government, let it go, let it go: perchance it will wear smooth

I was probably born with the ability to draw, but that does not make you an artist.

Two rights don't equal a left.

In Washington, officials from the National Rifle Association met with a group of high school students. There were no survivors.

Solitude either develops the mental power, or renders men dull and vicious.