If you be sick, your own thoughts make you sick

A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

It's a bizarre but wonderful feeling, to arrive dead center of a target you didn't even know you were aiming for.

Understanding why so many western women are giving birth to unnaturally large babies that either damage the birth canal or will not fit down it is one of the greatest challenges to modern medicine.

If we connect with nature, we can reconstruct our soul, spirit and strength.

I feel safe when people threaten me, but I feel threaten, when people respect me, because I understand they want something, but I do not understand what they want.

Too much agreement kills a chat.

There are half hours that dilate to the importance of centuries.

I'd love to change the world, but I don't know what to do

Knowledge of divine things for the most part is lost to us by incredulity.

I want a pig. I want a pig on a leash. A baby pig on a leash.

Why does mineral water that 'has trickled through mountains for centuries' have a 'use by' date?