Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other

It is the just decree of Heaven that a traitor never sees his danger till his ruin is at hand.

Prepare thy soul calmly to obey; such offering will be more acceptable to God than every other sacrifice.

Love is a feeling that comes into our hearts of our own choice for neither force nor harshness can limit the heart's freedom.

The eye that gazes upon the sun sees not the orb it looks upon, confounded by the excess of its brightness.

Every noble acquisition is attended with its risks; he who fears to encounter the one must not expect to obtain the other.

The pilot who is always dreading a rock or a tempest must not complain if he remain a poor fisherman. We must at times trust, something to fortune, for fortune has often some share in what happens.

The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.

Cowards' weapons neither cut nor pierce.

Fortune is the best school of courage when she is fraught with anger, in the same way as winds and tempests are the school of the sailorboy.

If the internal griefs of every man could be read, written on his forehead, how many who now excite envy would appear to be the objects of pity?

Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only spoiled goodness.

Even so, in the midst of this complicated love, there is a holy union.

You draw characters speaking loud and clear but you’re not hearing them.

When something brings profit or pleasure to us, we are inclined to call evil good, even if we know it is dead wrong.

At IMVU, we opened up our board meetings to the whole company.

Rick Perry said Donald Trump is unfit to be president and called for him to immediately withdraw from the race. Then he said, 'And that's coming from ME!'

[He died of thirst?] That sounds, if I might say, like the greatest Sprite commercial ever.

If you dissent without breaking the law then you are legitimizing the system that allows this kind of latitude. You have to break the law to touch the state.

I measure in my palm and use my eyes to estimate amounts; a tablespoon is a full palm of dried spices.

Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.