Custom is the most certain mistress of language, as the public stamp makes the current money.

A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

There's a huge swath of humanity that has developed verbal abilities to extract resources from guilt-ridden people.They used to be priests, and now they're leftists.

The story is told of yourself.

If I didn’t have a job, I might have stayed in bed until I rotted.

The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it.

Unless there be correct thought, there cannot be any action, and when there is correct thought, right action will follow.

There must not only be good preaching, but good hearing.

Friendships, like marriages, are dependent on avoiding the unforgivable.

Fish and guests in three days are stale.

You will only find the happiness you seek when you drop your negative attitude towards life, embrace life and be happy.

The level of achievement that we have at anything, is a reflection, of how well, we were able to focus on it. Because the only thing that's holding you back, is the way you're thinking.