He who will not when he may, may not when he will.

Between a tyrant and a prince there is this single or chief difference, that the latter obeys the law and rules the people by its dictates, accounting himself as but their servant.

Let him who is not come to logic be plagued with continuous and everlasting filth

Just as the soul animates the body, so, in a way, meaning breathes life into a word.

Accurate reading on a wide range of subjects makes the scholar; careful selection of the better makes the saint.

The common people say, that physicians are the class of people who kill other men in the most polite and courteous manner.

A man is free in proportion to the measure of his virtues, and the extent to which he is free determines what his virtues can accomplish.

Seeking is a necessary preliminary to finding, and one who cannot endure the hardship of inquiry cannot expect to harvest the fruit of knowledge.

Verily if with mine own eyes I had seen a priest of God, or any of those who wear the monastic garb, sinning, I would spread my cloak and hide him, that he might not be seen of any.

You can't go by what a girl says, when she's giving you the devil for making a chump of yourself. It's like Shakespeare. Sounds well, but doesn't mean anything.

Do you really think that laws made by men and a justice system maintained by men will ever be fair in cases of rape? Nora Hawks from One Bullet Beyond Justice

Genuine forgiveness does not deny anger but faces it head-on.

Sati is life. Whenever we don't have sati, when we are heedless, it's as if we are dead.

We don’t care about what you did yesterday—we care about what you’re going to do tomorrow.

Oh yes, right—right. What is the use of having right on your side if you have not got might?

Will the leader reflect the ugliness of egotism or the transfigured glory of Christ the Lord?

Know something about something. Don’t just present your wonderful self to the world. Constantly amass knowledge and offer it around.

I don’t know nothing about birthing puppies, Miss Scarlett, but I can cleave the head off a Daimon without breaking a sweat. (Valerius)

The Civil Service is a bit like a rusty weathercock. It moves with opinion then it stays where it is until another wind moves it in a different direction