He that loveth God will do diligence to please God by his works, and abandon himself, with all his might, well for to do.

What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.

All good things must come to an end.

The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.

The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.

Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.

Many small make a great.

Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.

That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.

Patience is a conquering virtue.

In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.

It is now how things are in the world that is mystical, but that it (the world) exists at all.....

You cannot pray them out of hell.

I've always felt that your belongings have never been on a level with you.

There's never been a rule of human behavior that hasn't been broken by someone, somewhere, sometime, in some circumstance mundane or spectacular. To be human is to transcend the rules.

I think a lot of people feel that they are just not listened to, and that the politicians in Washington are just playing games with each other and forgetting about their constituents.

He wore sweatpants and a T-shirt and had stopped in the middle of the hall, furiously scratching one bare forearm. "Fleas?" I said.

The True Person governs by emptying the heart of desire and filling the belly with food, weakening ambitions and strengthening bones.

It doesn't matter how rich you are - you know when you're being ripped off.

Goethe's thinking was not rigid with inflexible contours; it was a thinking in which the concepts continually metamorphose.

You," Said Dr. Yavitch, "are a middle-road liberal, and you haven't the slightest idea what you want. I, being a revolutionist, know exactly what I want -- and what I want now is a drink.