Take heed thou trust not the deceitful lap Of wanton Dalilah; the world's a trap.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

All the movies used to be 'colossal'. Now they're all 'frank'. I think I liked 'colossal' better.

What one beholds of a woman is the least part of her.

My mom and I always had a great bond. It was always a natural friendship bond since early on. My mom was 18 when she had me.

don't be ashamed of anything; I guess God meant it all like locks on doors.

I'm a very lucky guy. I get to write music that I love, and lo and behold, people seem to really like it. I know how fortunate I am.

I don't think there are too many places left that humans haven't pretty thoroughly explored.

I'm an incredibly lucky girl. For someone who has made some very foolish mistakes and had some tough lessons to learn very quickly, I am still incredibly lucky.

I told my cellmates about the oppression of the whites and apartheid. I helped organize hunger strikes and the like in my prison.

How could I expect more from the universe when I didn't appreciate what I already had?

We (sometimes) get so far ahead of (ourselves) instead of living out each day that we forget to really appreciate the moment that we're in - even if it's (temporarily) bad.