Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.

If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.

What to my Saviour shall I giveWho freely hath done this for me?I'll serve him here whilst I shall liveAnd Loue him to Eternity

Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.

Sin and shame ever go together; he that would be freed from the last must be sure to shun the company of the first.

I wish my Sun may never set, but burn.

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.

That when we live no more, We may live ever

My love is such that Rivers cannot quench, Nor ought but love from thee, give recompence. Thy love is such I can no way repay, The heavens reward thee manifold I pray.

We are not trapped or locked up in these bones. No, no. We are free to change. And love changes us. And if we can love one another, we can break open the sky.

Self-destruction would be a brief, almost autoerotic free-fall into a great velvet darkness.

God has given you talents and opportunities. Seize them today -- not tomorrow.

Not only are you what you eat, but you also can be what's eating you. Don't become your problems or let them overtake you.

When I was growing up, particularly during puberty in my teen years, I was so miserable because I elicited so much teasing and meanness from my teenage cohorts.

In the midst of these hard times it is our good health and good sleep that are enjoyable.

There was a certain amount of discipline, I think; my parents wanted to be sure that I was not just sitting around doing nothing.

Nothing is more annoying than a tardy friend. [Lat., Tardo amico nihil est quidquam iniquius.]

In order to bring out the best in people, you need to give them your best.

And the name of the one shall be Fearfulness. And the name of the other shall be Arrogance... Well, clearly you are not Fearfulness, so I suppose you must be Arrogance.' This was not very polite.