No one can take less pains than to hold his tongue. Hear much, and speak little; for the tongue is the instrument of the greatest good and greatest evil that is done in the world.

Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.

But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.

If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.

The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.

But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport.

Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.

There was no such thing as perfection in this world, only moments of such extreme transparency that you forgot yourself, a holy mercy if there ever was one.

The trouble with eating Italian food is that five or six days later you're hungry again.

I'm after a snake and please God I'll scotch it.

Doing away with separate black colleges meets resistance from alumni and other blacks.

I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass.

The future of history belongs to the poor and exploited.

Motherhood was an ever widening circle of good-byes.

We need to forgive - but mindfully. We need compassion that powered by wisdom. That's the way to address our bullies.

The human race is faced with a cruel choice: work or daytime twittering - anon Twitter has raised writing to a new low.

Now is the time to make good use of time. Today is the day to begin a perfect day.