It makes a great difference in the force of a sentence, whether a man be behind it or no.

In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.

There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life.

By words the mind is winged.

Wit is brushwood; judgment timber; the one gives the greatest flame, and the other yields the most durable heat; and both meeting make the best fire.

To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.

You can buy education, but wisdom is a gift from God.

Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be.

If wisdom were on sale in the open market, the stupid would not even ask the price.

The best mind might be the wisest mind if it were a mind alone that produces wisdom.