That which offends the ear will not easily gain admission to the mind.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

It’s true that no one ever said life would be easy, but it is also true that no one ever said you had to go through it alone.

Mum is the word.

Secrecy is the foundation of politics.

Robert Whitmore died of apoplexy when a stranger from Georgia mistook him for a former Macon waiter.

Why do people measure life by the years instead of how good the years were?

I've challenged (Donovan McNabb) to whatever athletic endeavor he wants, but he laughs it off

Self-worth comes from who we are in Christ, not what we accomplish in this world.

Do you realize how angry you sound?” must be one of the most infuriating questions in the language.

O kindle the fire of happiness ! Therein I shall see The door of friendliness, The room of greatness And the palace of godness. I shall see, I shall see.

It's only some rice and beans Captain. It's not like I'm giving you Cara's hand in marriage." - Richard