False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.

A sigh can shatter a castle in the air.

Public opinion is a second conscience.

Reserve may be pride fortified in ice; dignity is worth reposing on truth.

Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.

To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.

Every book is its own black hole. Don’t fight the pull

Worn over the man’s head like a deranged bank robber is a pair of pink cotton panties.

Things alter for the worse spontaneously if they be not altered for the better designedly.

When I started editing on my home computer, I said to myself, 'Well, I could be at home studying for a class or I could be at home editing a video.'

A much talking judge is an ill-tuned cymbal.

Things parents say to children are oftentimes not heard, but in some cases you pick up on things that your parent would like to see you have done.

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard

Scepticismcan never be thoroughly applied, else life would come to a standstill.

Letters are just pieces of paper," I said. "Burn them, and what stays in your heart will stay; keep them, and what vanishes will vanish.