Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.

Old friends are best.

Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.

They that are against Superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I will wear all colours but black, then am I superstitious in not wearing black.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.

There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.

The House of Commons is called the Lower House, in twenty Acts of Parliament; but what are twenty Acts of Parliament amongst Friends?

The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

A gallant man is above ill words.

Beauty is less important than quality.

Take on the pain and wear it as a shirt.

The English mist is always at work like a subtle painter, and London is a vast canvas prepared for the mist to work on.

Spend each day trying to be a little wiser than you were when you woke up.

I have a great relationship with the blacks. I've always had a great relationship with the blacks.

I'm tired of being congratulated for being thin because I can more easily fit into sample sizes from the runway.

The consumer is always right.

Testosterone makes you completely out of control, but that's okay.

I know that young people sometimes, caught up in the moment, make some very foolish decisions.

Hostility to art is also hostility to the new, to the unforeseen.