Pride, like laudanum and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large, quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.

Good-humor is the clear blue sky of the soul.

Brain cells create ideas. Stress kills brain cells. Stress is not a good idea

Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light; it heightens effect.

My heart to you is given: Oh, do give yours to me; We'll lock them up together, And throw away the key.

The Sabbath-day is the savings-bank of humanity.

As a human being, possessing education, talent, and recourses obligates you to help others less fortunate.

The best practitioners give to their patients the least medicine.

Mammon is the largest slave-holder in the world.

Dean Swift proposed to tax beauty, and to leave every lady to rate her own charms; he said the tax would be cheerfully paid and very productive.

Kind words are benedictions. The are not only instruments of power, but of benevolence and courtesy; blessings both to the speaker and hearer of them.

Be courageous enough to forgive yourself

Dwell on good thoughts.

There is no greater place for damage (than marriage) because there is no greater place for glory.

My life is in shambles. It is crazy. It couldn't get any crazier. I'm just trying to stay sane.

The higher the joy is not the light, it's the reflection. The greater pleasure is not climbing up; it's handing down

Why do people want to drain your energy? So they can journey to other worlds after death, where pleasures are a thousandfold. It is a fast game. Human beings are powerful and skillful.

The pulpit is not a place to settle scores, it’s a place to preach the word of God.

Being an international actor, I always had to keep moving.

There are no random acts.

To give your sheep or cow a large, spacious meadow is the way to control him.