Pure innovation is more gross than error.

I will neither yield to the song of the siren nor the voice of the hyena, the tears of the crocodile nor the howling of the wolf.

Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel; her winged spirit Is feathered often times with heavenly words, And, like her beauty, ravishing and pure.

Flatterers look like friends, as wolves like dogs.

Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Light gains make heavy purses. 'Tis good to be merry and wise.

Be free all worthy spirits, and stretch yourselves, for greatness and for height.

An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.

The best way to accomplish something is to just do it, and then find the courage afterward.

Love is Natures second sun.

Fair words never hurt the tongue.

Young men think old men are fools, but old men know young men are fools.

The way the rain falls then rises back into the clouds only to fall again reminds me of love.

She says affection is all very well being imagined, like a romantic fancy, but marriage should be based on practical purposes in order to last longer.

The funny thing about mundies is how obsessed with magic they are for a bunch of people who don't even know what the word means.

There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We are all crew.

As you develop, the people around you develop. As you progress, the world progresses with you to a certain degree.

Only man is not content to leave things as they are but must always be changing them, and when he has done so, is seldom satisfied with the result.

The art of spirituality is learning to be happy in any condition and in any circumstance. This is the art of love.

The crotch, down where your nuts hang, is always a little too tight.

I feel relief about the Oscars. You know, you're not in this business for prizes but, okay, I missed one.

The greatest obstacle in the apostolate of the Church is the timidity or rather the cowardice of the faithful.