Strike the iron whilst it is hot.

To good and true love fear is forever affixed.

We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.

A habit does not a monk make.

Tell the truth and shame the devil.

A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit.

Keep running after a dog and he will never bite you.

If the skies fall, one may hope to catch larks.

If you wish to avoid seeing a fool, you must first break your mirror

You have no obligation under the sun other than to discover your real needs, to fulfill them, and to rejoice in doing so.

Ignorance is the mother of all evils.

How am I going to explain to my kids one day that I can't buy them a happy meal because the toy will make them fat?

Our Lord speaks of many coming up to His door confident of admission, whom He yet sends away. Faith is obedience, not confidence.

Each time a language dies, another flame goes out, another sound goes silent.

Strategy is about making choices

I want something else. I’m not even sure what to call it anymore except I know it feels roomy and it’s drenched in sunlight and it’s weightless and I know it’s not cheap. It’s probably not even real.

It is surprising how many great men and women a small house will contain.

For gin, in cruel sober truth, supplies the fuel for flaming youth.

Does anybody learn writing, or do they just touch someone who lets them see the power of the deleted word?

You go back and tell Brigham Young that I'll give up the Lord's money when he sends me a receipt signed by the Lord, and no sooner.

Ships are a strange kind of commodity because they're very lumpy, very big individual units, but they're commodities.