Meditation is that exercise of the mind by which it recalls a known truth,-as some kinds of creatures do their food; to be ruminated upon.

To reject wisdom because the person communicates it is uncouth and his manners are inelegant, what is it but to throw away a pine-apple, and assign for a reason the roughness of its coat?

When men cease to be faithful to their God, he who expects to find them so to each other will be much disappointed.

In the heraldry of heaven goodness precedes greatness; so on earth it is more powerful. The lowly and the lovely may frequently do more in their own limited sphere than the gifted.

No cloud can overshadow a true Christian but his faith will discern a rainbow in it.

He who seldom thinks of heaven is not likely to get thither; as the only way to hit the mark is to keep the eye fixed upon it.

When you love someone, its never over. You move on, because you have to but you take them with you in your heart

Her stories were made of badass women teasing monsters and running wild with dragons.

I want to deal with what's in front of me now to the best of my abilities, and sometimes that's not very good. But a lot of the days it is really great.

... it is not difference which immobilizes us, but silence.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom; he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

It is unfair to blame man too fiercely for being pugnacious; he learned the habit from Nature.

Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul but his life.

I love writing about my job because I loved it, and it was a particularly interesting one when I was a young man. It was like holidays with pay to me.

I drive with my knees. Otherwise, how can I put on my lipstick and talk on my phone?

I say if you're going to take a chance on something, you just go full balls to the wall.