Am I blind?" Will's voice floated out of the darkness, tinged with annoyance. "I'm not going to be at all pleased if you've blinded me, Henry.

Let me give you a piece of advice. The handsome young fellow who's trying to rescue you from a hideous fate is never wrong. Not even if he says the sky is purple and made of hedgehogs.

Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.

Your angel cannot protect you against that which neither god nor the devil had made

Will looked horrified. "What kind of monster could possibly hate chocolate?

It is as great a thing to love as it is to be loved. Love is not something that can be wasted.

It isn't against the Law to be an idiot.

Demon pox. There's always demon pox.

He banged on the side of the carriage. "Thomas! We must away at once to the nearest brothel. I seek scandal and low companionship.

While the Clave disapproves of trespassers, oddly they take an even darker view of beheading and skinning people. They're peculiar that way.

When you find a man you wish to marry, Tessa, remember this: You will know what kind of man he is not by the things he says, but by the things he does.

Gratitude unlocks the door of opportunities, blessing, greatness and prosperity. Gratitude is your key to a worthy life.

I'm a big believer in personal responsibility. My life wasn't always peaches and roses. Where I am today is through a belief in hard work and never saying no.

One should never refuse an invitation to lunch or dinner, for one never knows what one may have to eat the next day.

I think once you have films in certain festivals you begin to have name recognition, and there are possibilities.

Cultivate the habit of early rising. It is unwise to keep the head long on a level with the feet.

But who guards the guardians?

Does humanity have a chance to survive lastingly and successfully on planet Earth, and if so, how?

We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.

A fault is fostered by concealment.

God Almighty has set before me two great objects, the suppression of the slave trade and the reformation of manners (morality).