Even in social life, it is persistency which attracts confidence, more than talents and accomplishments.

Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit.

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

A thought embodied and embrained in fit words walks the earth a living being.

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.

It was as if God had become not only the object of my praise and thanksgiving but my creative partner as well.

To keep the air fresh among words is the secret of verbal cleanliness.

In the end it's only words, my dear.

When I was young, I used to wish I would fit in… I’m glad I didn’t get my wish.

Hee a beast doth die, that hath done no good to his country.

Anger is the quintessential individual-signature emotion: I am what makes me mad.

I'm an immigrant and I will stay an immigrant forever.

To help your concentration, don't take too much time.

There is nothing as special as watching greatness.

Growing up in Canada, I didn't watch football much.