Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.

Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own

All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.

Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible

A small state increases by concord; the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.

Whenever relationships can't be restored, it's because someone is not willing to move forward in the promises of God.

Who against hope believed in hope.

Nothing is forever, if you have enough power tools.

There is no intrinsic virtue to law and order unless 'law' is equated with justice and 'order' with the discipline of a people satisfied that justice has been done.

As we fear God more completely, we love Him more perfectly. And 'perfect love casteth out all fear'.

If we do not pay for children in good schools, then we are going to pay for them in prisons and mental hospitals.

Content and technology are strange bed fellows. We are joined together. Sometimes we misunderstand each other. But isn't that after all the definition of marriage?

Poetry for me is as much a spiritual practice as sexual ecstasy is.

I prefer watching movies on the sofa rather than sitting next to Bob Geldof at a premiere and wanting to kill yourself.

Painful for a person is rebellious independence, only in loving companionship with his associates does a person feel safe: Only in reverently bowing down before the higher does a person feel exalted.