There is a serious and resolute egotism that makes a man interesting to his friends and formidable to his opponents.

Felicity, not fluency of language, is a merit.

Of the three prerequisites of genius; the first is soul; the second is soul; and the third is soul.

Cheerfulness in most cheerful people is the rich and satisfying result of strenuous discipline.

Books are lighthouses erected in the great sea of time.

An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.

Irony is an insult conveyed in the form of a compliment.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but by our thanksgivings.

A thought embodied and embrained in fit words walks the earth a living being.

Dignity is often a veil between us and the real truth of things.

God is glorified, not by our groans, but our thanksgivings; and all good thought and good action claim a natural alliance with good cheer.

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.

Every action has a reaction, everything we do or say has an effect.

Liberty will not descend to a people. A people must raisethemselves to liberty. It is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.

Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.

Ban poetry. And make sure that anyone caught reading it is expelled from school. Then it will acquire the glamour.

When I hear about something that's hot, I back away from it. So I go and discover the stuff I wasn't paying attention to five years ago.

I think heroism comes in different packages. The superhero package is one that we're familiar with.

Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her winged spirit Is feathered often times with heavenly words, And, like her beauty, ravishing and pure.

Social is about engaging, it's about a conversation, it's about listening and then responding, it's an ongoing conversation with our fan base.

Independent bread gives independent morals: - while pecuniary dependence makes moral subserviency; - So get money - get wealth