There is no happiness for him who oppresses and persecutes; no, there can be no repose for him. For the sighs of the unfortunate cry for vengeance to heaven.

Our home joys are the most delightful earth affords, and the joy of parents in their children is the most holy joy of humanity.

Whoever is unwilling to help himself can be helped by no one.

The greatest victory a man can win is victory over himself.

The circle of knowledge commences close round a man and thence stretches out concentrically.

Is it then saying too much if I say, that man by thinking only becomes truly man? Take away thought from man's life, and what remains?

Man must search for what is right, and let happiness come on its own.

Charity is the drowning of justice in the craphole of mercy.

You can drive the devil out of your garden but you will find him again in the garden of your son.

So when a great man dies For years beyond our ken The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men.

I learned that no man in God's wide earth is either willing or able to help any other man.

Lucy had no complaints about her dinner. Anything was fine with her as long as she didn’t have to cook it.

What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.

I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day - I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.

Without Social Security, poverty rates for African American seniors would more than double.

I believe in this country [the USA], I love this country, I believe in the idea of this country, and this country is an idea.

While the Romans languished under the ignominious tyranny of eunuchs and bishops, the praises of Julian were repeated with transport in every part of the empire, except in the palace of Constantius.

Fondue is not a good date food. You end up with cheese dripping down your face.

Give the pupils something to do, not something to learn; and the doing is of such a nature as to demand thinking; learning naturally results.

I've always loved subtle acting, and that's what I got to do.

Words are sacred. If you get the right ones in the right order you can nudge the world a little.