Oh! 'tis a precious thing, when wives are dead, To find such numbers who will serve instead: And in whatever state a man be thrown, 'Tis that precisely they would wish their own.

Deceivers are the most dangerous members of society. They trifle with the best affections of our nature, and violate the most sacred obligations.

From powerful causes spring the empiric's gains, Man's love of life, his weakness, and his pains; These first induce him the vile trash to try, Then lend his name, that other men may buy.

Better to love amiss than nothing to have loved.

Oh, rather give me commentators plain, Who with no deep researches vex the brain; Who from the dark and doubtful love to run, And hold their glimmering tapers to the sun.

An infatuated man is not only foolish, but wild.

Void of all honor, avaricious, rash, The daring tribe compound their boasted trash Tincture of syrup, lotion, drop, or pill; All tempt the sick to trust the lying bill.

Habit with him was all the test of truth; It must be right: I've done it from my youth.

In idle wishes, fools supinely stay. Be there a will and wisdom finds a way.

The coward never on himself relies, But to an equal for assistance flies.

A great lie is like a great fish on dry land; it may fret and fling and make a frightful bother, but it cannot hurt you. You have only to keep still, and it will die of itself.

Salvation is not just repairing the original self. It is a new self created of God in righteousness and true holiness.

Education opens eyes to see, feel, and enjoy the beauty of life in a different way.

The family I grew up in had three generations of widows.

Art is an end in itself; its values are intrinsic.

I think Australians are more interested in what I am doing with their money than what I am doing with my own.

The one advantage of playing with fire...is that no one ever gets singed. It is the people who don't know how to play with it who get burned up.

My angel,-his name is Freedom,- Choose him to be your king; He shall cut pathways east and west, And fend you with his wing.

Concerts every night, autograph signings, endorsements, and so on. That's not what real life is about.

I think the sexiest thing about a woman is confidence, but confidence in a humble way, not in an arrogant way.

If you Desire Peace for Others, you'll Receive it.