Allow not nature more than nature needs.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Discipline your mind to see the good in every situation and look on the best side of every event. Discipline your mind to think positively

Being sixteen forever sounded good until you really thought about it. Then it didn't seem like such a great prospect.

There is nothing worse than certainty. Doubt makes us weak. That is why it’s so important. I’ve wasted too much of my life trying to be powerful.

Theories are there. Heroes are here

He who reigns within himself and rules his passions desires and fears is more than a king.

In friendship similarity of character has more weight than kinship.

Whatever you do, don't ever use a crutch, and don't ever think of having an excuse for not having said, 'Yeah, I did my best.'

I've swum for my country, I've swum for my coaches and my schools and my teams. I decided this time I was going to swim for myself.

The general order of things that takes care of fleas and moles also takes care of men, if they will have the same patience that fleas and moles have, to leave it to itself.

Happiness does not have to be deserved, earned, worked for or paid for; it simply has to be accepted.