It is easy to be a slave to the letter, and difficult to enter into the spirit; easy to obey a number of outward rules, difficult to enter intelligently and self-sacrificingly into the will of God.

By the cross we, too, are crucified with Christ; but alive in Christ. We are no more rebels, but servants; no more servants, but sons!

Although a friend may remain faithful in misfortune, yet none but the very best and loftiest will remain faithful to us after our errors and our sins.

If we would see the color of our future, we must look for it in our present; if we would gaze on the star of our destiny, we must look for it in our hearts.

Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors.

No man can pass into eternity, for he is already in it.

If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to look for one. I laugh at myself.

There was living in the palace at this time a brother of the great Germanicus, and consequently an uncle of the late emperor, whose name was Claudius Caesar.

But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.

For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully established some claim to being considered a learned man.

The address 'Woman' was so respectful that it might be, and was, addressed to the queenliest.

My father said the weakest camel draws the wolves.” “Mine told me to hide until the wolves go away, ” Abban replied.

We must vote for hope, vote for life, vote for a brighter future for all of our loved ones.

I was never really a child actor. I was working sporadically in indie films in Pennsylvania, but I was still living at home.

Well, write poetry, for God's sake, it's the only thing that matters.

There is no escaping from ourselves. The human dilemma is as it has always been, and we solve nothing fundamental by cloaking ourselves in technological glory.

Crime is only the worst example, but it is a paradigm for other Labour policy disasters. No one tells the voters that crime is falling: let them stay scared senseless.

I'm from the theater. I never wanted to be a star.

I'm essentially a momma's boy with a good education.

What I've been saying to people is that I write it.

My position does not give me the liberty to exclude anything, but my mood tells me there will not be violence.