To appreciate and use correctly a valuable maxim requires a genius; a vital appropriating exercise of mind closely allied to that which first created it.

The line of life is a ragged diagonal between duty and desire.

A blue eye is a true eye; Mysterious is a dark one, Which flashes like a spark sun! A black eye is the best one.

After every storm the sun will smile; for every problem there is a solution, and the soul's indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer.

Proverbs are mental gems gathered in the diamond districts of the mind.

A sigh can shatter a castle in the air.

False eloquence is exaggeration; true eloquence is emphasis.

Public opinion is a second conscience.

Reserve may be pride fortified in ice; dignity is worth reposing on truth.

Fate is the friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish, the enemy of the bad.

What is the highest secret to victory and peace? To will what God wills, and strike a league with destiny.

If antimatter and matter make contact, both are destroyedinstantly. Physicists call the process ‘annihilation.

Do I not damage my enemies after i make them my close friends?

A number of the pundits said well, if a couple of the other candidates drop out, if you add their scores together they don't understand that as they drop out, we'll get the votes.

Originality is independence, not rebellion; it is sincerity, not antagonism.

All is loss that comes between us and Christ.

There must be an authority, and we believe that the most qualified authority in a household is the man's.

I'm not sure I'm okay with 2 guys gettin' married, but I don't wanna be a jerk about it.

What we are tempted to call a disaster is sometimes the first, painful stage of a blessing.

For man plans, but God arranges.

Old folks are the nation.