Hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over.

Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.

But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.

If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.

The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.

But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport.

Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.

Our dreams become our home where we dwell.

If you do not acquire good training in detachment, you may attach to all the wrong things.

She has a smile that grows slowly and then shines, like an angel’s smile.

The more you say the less people remember. The fewer the words the greater the profit.

It is not enough to know what is good: you must be able to do it.

I'm not saying my mother didn't like me, but she kept looking for loopholes in my birth certificate.

The sparrow still falls.

Creativity makes a leap, then looks to see where it is.

In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running; if you stand still, they will swallow you.