Aristotle him selfe sayeth, that medicines be no meate to lyue withall.

As a hawk flieth not high with one wing, even so a man reacheth not to excellence with one tongue.

In mine opinion, love is fitter than fear, gentleness better than beating, to bring up a child rightly in learning.

It is costly wisdom that is brought by experience.

There is no such whetstone, to sharpen a good wit and encourage a will to learning, as is praise.

By experience we find out a short way by a long wandering.

In our fathers' time nothing was read but books of feigned chivalry, wherein a man by reading should be led to none other end, but only to manslaughter and bawdry.

To be rash is to be bold without shame and without skill.

Marke all Mathematicall heades, which be onely and wholy bent to those sciences, how solitarie they be themselues, how vnfit to liue with others, & how vnapte to serue in the world.

A man reacheth not to excellence with one language.

Mathematical Mark all mathematical heads, which be only and wholly bent to those sciences, how solitary they be themselves, how unfit to live with others, and how unapt to serve in the world.

A good plan is like a road map: It shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there.

If you are God’s, there is nothing impossible for you

My mama told me in college, 'I love you, and you're God's child, but natural beauty will only take you so far.'

I'm a bit of a fraud, really, as I didn't study acting at a drama school.

Approaching people is not - it's ironic that it's what I do - but it's not necessarily what I enjoy doing. Later on, I'm fine. Once we get talking I have a great time but not in the beginning.

Our religion is Christ, our politics Fatherland!

Absolve me, teach me, purify me, strengthen me: take me to Thyself, that I may be Thine and Thine only.

It is essential for America to understand what our mission is in Iran, and that is to dissuade Iran from having a nuclear weapon through peaceful and diplomatic means.

Confident. Cocky. Lazy. Dead.

The essence of patriotism lies in a willingness to sacrifice for one's country, just as true greatness finds expression, not in blessings enjoyed, but in good bestowed.