Neither human applause nor human censure is to be taken as the best of truth; but either should set us upon testing ourselves.

To know your ruling passion, examine your castles in the air.

A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's.

Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry gets the best of the argument.

Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.

To teach one who has no curiosity to learn, is to sow a field without ploughing it.

All frauds, like the wall daubed with untempered mortar ... always tend to the decay of what they are devised to support.

Don't cry because first priority is happiness.

Steer your boat with justice: forge A tongue on truth's anvil.

At the heart of Christian faith is the story of Jesus' death and resurrection.

Taxation is the legitimate support of government.

Distance, n. The only thing that the rich are willing for the poor to call theirs and keep.

I was in Covent Garden today having a pizza, and these men who worked there were secretly trying to take my picture from behind the counter. That sort of thing is so odd.

I've always been underestimated. It's happened throughout my entire career.

Elizabeth is smart, ruthless, and emotionally damaged ... [i]f Elizabeth's brain was a person, it would have scars, tattoos, and be missing one eye.

I just look like someone with a long face. Not just A. P. McCoy himself, but some of the horses he rides.

At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.