“When we do any good to others, we do as much, or more, good to ourselves.”

The human soul is to God, is as the flower to the sun; it opens at its approach, and shuts when it withdraws.

Virtue is the health, true state, natural complexion of the Soul.

Believe things, rather than man.

He that useth his reason doth acknowledge God.

An ill principle in the mind is worse than the matter of a disease in the body.

It is altogether as worthy of God and as much becoming Him to pardon and show mercy, in case of repentance and submission and reformation, as to punish, in case of impenitency and obstinacy.

He that neither knows himself nor thinks he can learn of others is not fit for company.

Nothing spoils human nature more than false zeal. The good nature of a heathen is more God-like than the furious zeal of a Christian.

We never better enjoy ourselves than when we most enjoy God.

A benefactor is a representative of God.

Such an explication of Grace as sets men at liberty in morals, makes void the Law through Faith.

He that is dishonest, trusts nobody.

None are known to be good, till they have opportunity to be bad.

None of us was born knowing or wise; but men become wise by consideration, observation, experience.

The judge is nothing but the law speaking.

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material – something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.

The results became more and more apparent. Crime rates went down in the border region.

For some reason the more time that elapses after the film opens, the more favorable the reviews become.

It’s nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there’s something playable there, and if it’s interesting to do, then that’s nice.

Cats names are more for human benefit. They give one a certain degree more confidence that the animal belongs to you.

But in truth, life turns out to be more like the patchwork cloths-bits and pieces, odds and ends-people, places, things we never expected, never wanted, perhaps.

You can never win as a sight-seer. Somebody else, more often than not the first person you meet when you get back home, has been there before you.

America should be working more with the Mexicans to prevent the flow of guns going south into Mexico that have fueled so much of the violence there.