Anguish devours the mind, and furious rage, and hope than which the heart can bear no heavier burden, when it is long deferred.

Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.

It is for the good of states that men should be deluded by religion.

Allow time and moderate delay; haste manages all things badly.

Fear in the world first created the gods. [Lat., Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.]

A just fortune awaits the deserving. [Lat., Fors aequa merentes Respicit.]

Give not reins to your inflamed passions: take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly.

It is noble to grant life to the vanquished. [Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]

In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets.

Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

Most of us, most of the time, act within plays the lines of which were written long ago, the images of which require recognition, not invention.

The rule of reason is the true sovereign in the American system.

Anyone who's ever filed a tax return or visited the Department of Motor Vehicles understands that government does two things well: spend our money and waste our time.

Say, for example, you develop the ability to make parking meters disappear. It's probably easier to put a quarter in it. That would be the wisdom on the subject.

It is sometimes hard to escape the belief that history exists against the artist.

A poor believer [monetarily] certainly is looked down upon in certain churches, and yet he may be the richest man spiritually in that church.

If we lose affection and kindliness from our life: we lose all that gives it charm.

Everything is worship if your mind is focused on the present moment.

The church is, above all, a place to receive grace: it brings forgiven people together with the aim of equipping us to dispense grace to others.

Keep courage. Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself. You will win in a great age of opportunity.