Cowards are scared with threatenings; boys are whipped into confession; but a steady mind acts of itself, ne'er asks the body counsel.

Ambition is a lust that is never quenched, but grows more inflamed and madder by enjoyment.

If we must part for ever, Give me but one kind word to think upon, And please myself withal, whilst my heart's breaking!

False as the adulterate promises of favorites in power when poor men court them.

Could my griefs speak, the tale would have no end.

Shining through tears, like April suns in showers, that labor to overcome the cloud that loads em.

Honest men are the soft easy cushions on which knaves repose and fatten.

Let us embrace, and from this very moment vow an eternal misery together.

Honesty needs no disguise nor ornament; be plain.

Clocks will go as they are set, but man, irregular man, is never constant, never certain.

Justice is lame as well as blind, amongst us.

The love for God is the love to protect the environment.

making the most of every second, because seconds became minute sand minutes became precious when life could be taken in less than a breath.

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm circle of family and friends.

I've done 12 in one night, you know what I mean - loads of them... Really, in the long run, it's a safe pill and it ain't doing you no harm. I don't see the problem.

Loss is the hardest thing, I said. But it's also the teacher that's the most difficult to ignore.

Don't get simple mixed up with simplistic.

A one-word book does appeal to me.

Yes, to be a good parent, you have to sacrifice, but this is not a requirement of parenting, it is a requirement of being good at something.

Vulnerability is power.

Life is a one-way street and you're not coming back.