For as love is oftentimes won with beauty, so it is not kept, preserved, and continued, but by virtue and obedience.

A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.

It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.

The change of the word does not alter the matter

and, indeed, nature has so made us, that we all love to be flattered and to please ourselves with our own notions

Isn't this conception of absolute justice absolutely unjust?

Some men may be snared by beauty alone, but none can be held except by virtue and compliance.

Good music will make you forget all your misery.

At the pit's bottom is no anger.

Being famous without honor is a thing of no worth.

We unlearn the art of speaking well when we cease to speak with God.

There is still some art in pop music. But it can't happen if you're not inspired.

When we sin, Satan tells us we are lost. In contrast, our Redeemer offers redemption to all—no matter what we have done wrong—even to you and to me.

We see pluralism: We can see that there are different ideological and political positions in Russia. If the authoritarianism finally ends, we will have real competition.

The English language on her tongue became a smoke-screen, without her eyes changing expression in the least.

It's kind of funny. When I got my diagnosis - cancer - I said to myself, 'Why me?' And then, the other day, when I got the good news, I said the same thing.

I'm not sure when or why the tabloid angle on me was decided that I am a cad. I would have much rather it had been that I am secretly a dentist or that I love soup.