Every man's vanity ought to be his greatest shame; and every man's folly ought to be his greatest secret.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

Hope will get you through the day and love shall carry you through the night. A couple of life's pillars.

Politics was his passion, but he wasn't suited for the rough-and-tumble of the game. He felt things too deeply. There was no wall between his head and his heart.

You have to learn when it’s best to delegate those hard physical jobs to others while you tackle the heavy thinking.

You’re beautiful when you do that.”She dropped her gaze to his. “What’s that?”“Smile.

A small group of people, they raise the price of oil and the whole world will suffer from this.

An attitude of only taking what you need was built into the protocols of the Internet itself.

If you're anti-war it doesn't mean you are 'pro' one side or the other in a conflict.

Every prime minister... has the responsibility to provide security for his people.

There is nothing more certain than the defeat of the man who gives up.

Now I'm doing a film festival for kids and writing a script about a kidnapped journalist in Afghanistan.