That alone can be called true refinement which elevates the soul of man, purifying the manners by improving the intellect.

Too many people embrace religion from the same motives that they take a companion in wedlock, not from true love of the person, but because of a large dowry.

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.

Education commences at the mother's knee, and every word spoken within hearsay of little children tends toward the formation of character.

Disease is the retribution of outraged Nature.

There is no immunity from the consequences of sin; punishment is swift and sure to one and all.

Real happiness is cheap enough, yet how dearly we pay for its counterfeit.

We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own.

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.

Energy, like the biblical grain of the mustard-seed, will remove mountains.

Theories are always very thin and insubstantial, experience only is tangible.

I finally stopped seeking in others everything I could only find in myself.

A gracious heart, a gentle spirit.

...there should be no place in a portfolio for hedge funds. There are lots of reasons, but the main one is simple: Investing in hedge funds is a great way to increase the odds of underperformance.

When I'm not on tour, I love to have a long breakfast at home in my garden.

I get a lot of fashion gifts, but rarely do I get something that's just fun.

Heads of state are notoriously ill prepared for their mature careers; think of Adolf Hitler (landscape painter), Ho Chi Minh (seaman), and our own Ronald Reagan.

What use is it that knowledge mounts? It's knowing something good that counts.

I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York.

I like stirring the pot - I think it's part of my duty, to shake people up a bit - make them look at things in a different way.

The rationale for the vast network of government welfare programs as well as regulation and control over private enterprise is based on the socialist analysis of the market economy.