"Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language."

"We must not say every mistake is a foolish one."

"Strain every nerve to gain your point."

"Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts. it is something celestial and divine."

"Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator."

"Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide."

"When I was a child, my mom told me: 'If you want to be a soldier, you'll become a general. If you want to be a monk, you'll become pope' I wanted to be a painter, and I became Picasso."

"Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising."

"Our choices add up; each one influences others, and cumulatively a series of delightful short-term choices can leave us much worse off in the long run."

"When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

"It is really asking too much of a woman to expect her to bring up her husband and her children too."

"Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them."