Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body.

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.

Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.

Democracy means not "I am as good as you are" but "You are as good as I am.".

The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most.

Magnificent promises are always to be suspected.

A happy wedlock is a long falling in love.

I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I am sure it bends toward justice.

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect. Be true to your own mind and conscience, your heart and your soul. So only can you be true to God.

Nature is man's religious book, with lessons for every day.

The youth gets together his materials to build a bridge to the moon, or, perchance, a palace or temple on the earth, and, at length, the middle-aged man concludes to build a woodshed with them.

It isn't always easy between us. I admit that. But it's still right between us, always.

A woman can be over dressed but never over elegant.

I'm still a kid. I'm like six years old. But it's just a matter of wanting to get up, it's just a big journey. I felt like when I left home that I was on a journey, and I still am.

If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day.

If you want to play quicker you can start running faster, but it's the ball that decides the speed of the game.

One in seven Americans lives without health insurance, and that's a truly staggering figure.

I don't view Twitter as a promotional tool but as a really, really, really cool cocktail party.

People who are the most normal are probably the most crazy.

Impressing a bunch of snooty teenagers is a pretty lame life goal to have.