He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.

Love is friendship set on fire.

God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.

Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.

All virtuous women, like tortoises, carry their house on their heads, and their chappel in their heart, and their danger in their eye, and their souls in their hands, and God in all their actions.

It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent.

A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity.

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.

God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans; of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons.

A wise man shall overrule his stars, and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets of the firmament.

If you have answers to the “whys”, it will direct you to the “hows”. As simple as that!

Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.

I know my dad always wanted to heal the world, and so I think it would be great to follow in his footsteps.

Alas! it is not the child but the boy that generally survives in the man.

It is foolish to try to live on past experience. It is very dangerous, if not a fatal habit, to judge ourselves to be safe because of something that we felt or did twenty years ago.

It is very important to understand that emotional intelligence is not the opposite of intelligence, it is not the triumph of heart over head - it is the unique intersection of both.

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

History is the short trudge from Adam to atom.

No publisher should ever express an opinion of the value of what he publishes. That is a matter entirely for the literary critic to decide.

The slogan of the moderate Republican Party is this: we are rich, and we are not going to take it any more.