Example is a motive of very prevailing force on the actions of men.

I lived to write, and wrote to live.

Fireside happiness, to hours of ease Blest with that charm, the certainty to please.

Long on the wave reflected lustres of play.

Kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire, As summer clouds flash forth electric fire.

Women have the understanding of the heart, which is better than that of the head.

Man to the last is but a froward child; So eager for the future, come what may, And to the present so insensible.

Gentle to others, to himself severe.

To know her was to love her.

Every day a little life, a blank to be inscribed with gentle thoughts.

When a new book is published, read an old one.

Aim for truth, and beauty will follow. Aim for beauty, and truth will not necessarily follow.

She'd had little patience with darkness, and her heartheld only a measure of shadow. I touchedthe warm dust of those colors, her tools, and left there with light on the tips of my fingers.

The real greatness tends to be a verb much more than an adjective, and it’s a duty preceding been an honour.

It's not worth doing something unless you were doing something that someone, somewhere, would much rather you weren't doing.

Honor is not the exclusive property of any political party.

Why make disciples? Because heaven and hell exist, and the end of the world is coming.

Be a father, if not, why bother, son? A boy can make 'em, but a man can raise one. If you did it, admit it and stick with it.

Only an educated and informed people will be a free people.

You either have it or you don't. You play your horn just like you sing a song or a hymn. If it's in your heart, you express yourself in the tune.

If Twitter, Youtube & Facebook will be honest; if they'll stop being so immoral, stop attacking families, we'll support them