I urge you by all this is dear, by all that is honorable, by all that is sacred, not only that you pray but also that you act!

There! His Majesty can now read my name without glasses. And he can double the reward on my head!

We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling different ways; we must hang together.

A chip on the shoulder is too heavy a piece of baggage to carry through life.

I shall look forward to a pleasant time.

I glory in publicly avowing my eternal enmity to tyranny.

...that all may bow to the scepter of our Lord Jesus Christ and that the whole Earth may be filled with his glory.

The British ministry can read that name without spectacles; let them double their reward.

Though we are politically enemies, yet with regard to Science it is presumable we shall not dissent from the practice of civilized people in promoting it

Sensible of the importance of Christian piety and virtue to the order and happiness of a state, I cannot but earnestly commend to you every measure for their support and encouragement

The heart can never break if you believe love never dies.

Love never fails but people fails in how to love-Jesus never fails

That's why he hates you, because you didn't suffer when he tried to punish you.

He was fond of saying, "There is a bravery of the priest as well as the bravery of a colonel of dragoons, --only, " he added, "ours must be tranquil.

I think a stalwart peasant in a sheepskin coat born on the soil whose forefathers have been farmers for ten generations with a stout wife and a half-dozen chickens is good quality.

I write a lot more when I'm happy, because you're hopeful, you're motivated.

A good sentence is a key . It unlocks the mind of the reader.

Stress means something different if it is the result of rewarding work rather than struggling to keep the family out of debt.

I did not want to reject religion as nonsense because life seemed to have no ultimate purpose without it, and most of the good people I knew were Christians.

I want to carve out a serious period of time to focus on the next opera without any distractions. And to do that you need money.