By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest.

Royalty consists not in vain pomp, but in great virtues

If I have done any deed worthy of remembrance, that deed will be my monument. If not, no monument can preserve my memory.

Valor would cease to be a virtue, if there were no injustice.

If all men were just there would be no need of valor.

If I have done any honorable exploit, that is my monument; but if I have done none, all your statues will signify nothing.

I shall show that the place does not honor the man, but the man the place.

An eternity of wishing to speak directly to my Creator - I thought in despair - and this is how He finally contacts me? Through AOL Instant Messenger?

I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.

Happiness is an angel with a serious face

The enormous usefulness of mathematics in the natural sciences is something bordering on the mysterious and there is no rational explanation of it.

When contrasted with the much longer time that life has been present, the course of Christianity thus far is but a brief moment.

Vitality and beauty are gifts of Nature for those who live according to its laws.

I have a brain, I have a uterus, and they both work.

Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.

Toronto may be the only city where novels are integral to high art, the alternative scene and mainstream culture all at the same time.

I love the fact you can walk down a street in London and get lost, even though you've lived here 20 years.