His jest will savour but of shallow wit, When thousands weep, more than did laugh at it.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery.

I think part of being a parent is trying to kill your kids.

Be at your best and be patient.

Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.

There will be some trouble about 'biography' because I have never troubled myself to supply particulars of my early life to any writer.

Temperance is love in training.

The child was diseased at birth, stricken with a hereditary ill that only the most vital men are able to shake off. I mean poverty-the most deadly and prevalent of all diseases.

My experience on this planet is that if you treat people with respect, they tend to treat you with respect.

Letters are something from you. It's a different kind of intention than writing an e-mail.

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.