The quarter of an hour before dinner is the worst that suitors can choose.

There are few mortals so insensible that their affections cannot he gained by mildness, their confidence by sincerity, their hatred by scorn or neglect

In fame's temple there is always a niche to be found for rich dunces, importunate scoundrels, or successful butchers of the human race.

Who conquers indolence conquers all other hereditary sins.

Silence is the safest response for all the contradiction that arises from impertinence, vulgarity, or envy.

The more you speak of yourself, the more you are likely to lie.

Idlers cannot even find time to be idle, or the industrious to be at leisure. We must always be doing or suffering

A moral lesson is better expressed in short sayings than in long discourse.

Suicides pay the world a bad compliment. Indeed, it may so happen that the world has been beforehand with them in incivility. Granted. Even then the retaliation is at their own expense.

Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

By fools, knaves fatten; by bigots, priests are well clothed; every knave finds a gull.

Fill this city of mine with people as, You filled the river with fishes O Lord.

Say what you will, 'tis better to be left than never to have been loved.

From the first moment of independence, the United States has been dedicated to innovation as a way of government and a way of life.

There are rare Christians whose very presence incites others to be better Christians. I want to be that rare Christian.

Face it, you have to be sort of an egomaniac to write something down and think that anyone is going to want to read it.

My two favorite things about being a pro player are Sunday afternoons being able to excite many fans and the money because I get to treat my family and friends and myself to nice things.

I loved being in America. It was a great experience. People will be drawn to China because of the money but the lifestyle, everything about America, I couldn't recommend it enough.

I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our Heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.

The difference between a vision and a hallucination is that other people can see the vision.

When you smile you don't only appear to be more likable and courteous, you appear to be more competent.