Nothing doth so fool a man as extreme passion. This doth make them fools which otherwise are not, and show them to be fools which are so.

Good prayers never come creeping home. I am sure I shall receive either what I ask, or what I should ask.

Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.

Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.

If the sun of God's countenance shine upon me, I may well be content to be wet with the rain of affliction.

Seldom was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment.

Try to be of some use to others.

Death borders upon our birth, and our cradle stands in the grave.

Words are as they are taken, and things are as they are used. There are even cursed blessings.

A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was.

It is not the bee's touching on the flowers that gathers the honey, but her abiding for a time upon them, and drawing out the sweet.

"Baby," I said. "I'm a genius but nobody knows it but me."

A lot of the things I find funniest about people are their shortcomings that they're oblivious to, but that they're constantly reminding everyone around them of.

But often times, I feel like I'm so blessed, it's not fair. That what I'm doing is not contributing to the good of the world.

The American fascists are most easily recognized by their deliberate perversion of truth and fact.

Most of the people who write pop music were outsiders at some time in their life.

I went to drama school at New York University.

There's certain things that we do work with Russia on and then there's certain things when they do something wrong, I have no problem calling them out on it.

I man don't come red, I come Black

Man has not a greater enemy than himself.

Make enough mole hills, and eventually you will build a mountain.