He who accepts his poverty unhurt I'd say is rich although he lacked a shirt. But truly poor are they who whine and fret and covet what they cannot hope to get.

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.

Building a strong future is living at the intersection of today and tomorrow: where living in the moment and who you have chosen to become dance together as one.

So she's one of the grande dames of fandom? The Madame de Staël of the Starveil world?

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on earth.

People don't understand what happiness is, so they have an idea of what will make them happy, but it never does.

Other than my foundation - mentoring programs - everything I do is for money.

However much we suffer for the love of Jesus Crucified, it is but little.

The poets of each generation seldom sing a new song. They turn to themes men always have loved, and sing them in the mode of their times.

We hated Cleveland growing up. There's a lot of people in Cleveland we still hate to this day.

Prison continues, on those who are entrusted to it, a work begun elsewhere, which the whole of society pursues on each individual through innumerable mechanisms of discipline.

Sometimes it felt like her life was a series of falls from ever-greater heights.