Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

I pass by that it is very culpable to be facetious in obscene and smutty matters.

Generosity is nothing more seen than in a candid estimation of other men's virtues and good qualities.

Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.

It is commonly said that revenge is sweet, but to a calm and considerate mind, patience and forgiveness are sweeter.

The reading of books, what is it but conversing with the wisest men of all ages and all countries.

Mathematics - the unshaken Foundation of Sciences, and the plentiful Fountain of Advantage to human affairs.

Upright simplicity is the deepest wisdom, and perverse craft the merest shallowness.

Every ear is tickled with the sweet music of applause.

He who loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, or an effectual comforter.

Slander is a complication, a comprisal and sum of all wickedness.

As a designer, design director or any creative person, you have to hire great people, support them and make them feel comfortable so they can contribute and give you their best.

I must always forget how one word is able to pick out another, to manner another, until I have got something I might have said... but did not.

I photographed Arthur Coble and his sons Milton and Darrel as they did chores, but the vicious winds made it difficult to see and breathe.

I want you to understand something: I am loving father who would do anything for his kids, whether they are mine or belonging to others in my family.

Doing stand-up comedy is in the middle of a traffic jam getting everybody moving again.

I don't want somebody telling my daughter who she can marry, or what she can do with her body. That's what was at stake.

When God went to the cross he made even death itself a place of hope.

I woke up this mornin' Feelin' round for my shoes Know 'bout I got these, Old walkin' blues.

Wicked words are the prelude to wicked deeds.

In order for him to believe sincerely in eternity, others had to share in this belief, because a belief that no one else shares is called schizophrenia.