Indeed I had not much wit, yet I was not an idiot - my wit was according to my years.

I think a bad husband is far worse than no husband.

If Atomes are as small, as small can bee,They must in quantity of Matter all agree

For I had rather die in the adventure ot noble achievements, then live in obscure and sluggish security.

Indeed, I was so afraid to dishonour my friends and family by my indiscreet actions, that I rather chose to be accounted a fool, than to be thought rude or wanton.

For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.

Marriage is the grave or tomb of wit.

Everyone's conscience in religion is between God and themselves, and it belongs to none other.

For disorder obstructs: besides, it doth disgust life, distract the appetities, and yield no true relish to the senses.

Some brains are barren grounds, that will not bring seed or fruit forth, unless they are well manured with the old wit which is raked from other writers and speakers.

Pain and Oblivion make mankind afraid to die; but all creatures are afraid of the one, none but mankind afraid of the other.

I am grateful for all the goodness in my life. I think life for bringing me so much joy.

Ignorance is no excuse it's the real thing.

Self-publishing is great, but I don't want to be an icon for it, or anything else.

Faced with the choice of enduring a bad toothache or going to the dentist, we generally tried to ride out the bad tooth.

A rattlesnake loose in the living room tends to end all discussion of animal rights.

Whenever Hollywood makes films about us, it's 12 Years a Slave or The Butler or The Help. That is not the sum total of who we are as a people.

People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.

I've been saying this for years: There is no longer such a thing as a safe and secure job.

If you have the temerity to try to dramatize a theme that involves any particular social controversy currently extant. . . then you're in deep trouble.

I wondered if it was really because he cared about me, or if now I was just another challenge.