Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.

Of all the judgments we pass in life, none is more important than the judgment we pass on ourselves.

Being surrounded by successful people, doesn't mean you made it.

If smart people are parodying it, that's a sure sign that some less smart people are believing it.

We all have good instincts unless they're beaten out of us or shamed out of us in childhood.

This time, for the first time, I saw the possibilities in giving up. I even found hope in it.

A man's life of any worth is a continual allegory.

It is the business of a virtuous clergyman to censure vice in every appearance of it.

To aim at excellence, our reputation, and friends, and all must be ventured; to aim at the average we run no risk and provide little service.

Shane talking to Claire - "Hang on - Slow down. I'm not going anywhere. You know that, right? You don't have to put out to keep me here. Well, as long as you eventually..." "Shut up" Claire said.

More actors in action movies should be gangly because that way it's believable when they move through tight spaces.