As night the life-inclining stars best shows, So lives obscure the starriest souls disclose.

I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of the wolf.

Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her winged spirit Is feathered often times with heavenly words, And, like her beauty, ravishing and pure.

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.

An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.

The best way to accomplish something is to just do it, and then find the courage afterward.

Love is Natures second sun.

Fair words never hurt the tongue.

Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.

Relax your heart and let go into the infinite ocean of love within you.

They lack suggestive power. And when a book lacks suggestive power, however hard it hits the surface of the mind it cannot penetrate within.

There are two ways of being rich—have a lot, or want very little. The latter way is the easier for most.

We are wasting our youth holding cold devices while we should be holding one another’s warm hands.

The enemy fought with savage fury, and met death with all its horrors, without shrinking or complaining: not one asked to be spared, but fought as long as they could stand or sit.

Wait not while your foe fits arrow to bowstring when you can send your own arrow into him.

When we know what God is, we shall be gods ourselves.

Act now, for now is all you have.

You can't win for losing.

We ran, plowing through another pile of peppers. [No, I didn't pick a peck of them, Sadie - just shut up.]