It is not always the highest talent that thrives best. Mediocrity, with tact, will outweigh talent oftentimes.

There is a certain physiognomy in manners.

Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.

Our secret thoughts are rarely heard except in secret. No man knows what conscience is until he understands what solitude can teach him concerning it.

The Unknown is an ocean. What is conscience? The compass of the Unknown.

We must judge religious movements, not by the men who make them, but by the men they make.

Only the home can found a state.

We shall never be at peace with ourselves until we yield with glad supremacy to our higher faculties.

It is the will to be grateful which constitutes gratitude.

The sense of duty pursues us ever.

Sin is free, or you cannot make sin out of it.

There ought to be a law that allows eavesdroppers to sue.

If we accept time for what it is, how it flows and how we flow with it, I doubt very much that would continue wasting loads of it by constantly checking our watches.

Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability.

We need strong personalities and only one world champion to attract sponsors.

An author must be nothing if he do not love truth; a barrister must be nothing if he do.

If knowing the truth is sufficient for you, then practice the art of philosophy. If only living the truth will suffice, then practice the art of love through your mind, your emotions, and your body.

While men define themselves by deeds, women simply "are" beauty, grace, faith and goodness. Men tend to be rational and objective, women subjective, intuitive and emotional.

I'm not scared of very much. I've been hit by lightning and been in the Marine Corps for four years.

And thus did an Assistant Pig-Keeper become High King of Prydain.

It is our first duty to serve society.