Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world tho' the cant of hypocrites may be the worst the cant of criticism is the most tormenting.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

It is pointless waiting for the moment because you are already in the moment so just get started!

Clever is when one is crafty enough to mistake your imagination for intelligence. Smart is when one assumes they are too educated to notice the difference.

Senator [George] Mitchell is a man of many talents and he's swift on his feet, but one would not think of him as 'dancing with the stars.' And we had this great rock 'n' roll fund raiser.

The plural of spouse is spice.

The main reason I wanted to be successful was to get out of the ghetto. My parents helped direct my path.

It is better not to make merit a matter of reward Lest people conspire and contend.

One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.]

The people I want to hear about are the people who take risks.

It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name.

I am a military police officer and I have served on two deployments my first was to Iraq, in a medical unit, and my second deployment was to Kuwait, as a military police platoon leader.