How it shaped my perception is this: I have become so indelibly identified as a character in pop culture that it has forced me to go deeply within myself to get a very very rock solid sense, to myself, of who I am.

Intemperance in talk makes dreadful havoc in the heart.

Our life must answer for our faith.

He, who loves praise, loves temptation.

Labor, therefore, is a duty from which no man living is exempt, without forfeiting his right to his daily bread.

It costs more to revenge injuries than to bear them.

Friendship is to be purchased only by friendship. A man may have authority over others, but he can never have their hearts but by giving his own.