Temperance is reason's girdle and passion's bridle, the strength of the soul and the foundation of virtue.

Love is friendship set on fire.

He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.

God hath given to man a short time here upon earth, and yet upon this short time eternity depends.

Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.

All virtuous women, like tortoises, carry their house on their heads, and their chappel in their heart, and their danger in their eye, and their souls in their hands, and God in all their actions.

It is impossible for that man to despair who remembers that his Helper is omnipotent.

A celibate, like the fly in the heart of an apple, dwells in a perpetual sweetness, but sits alone, and is confined and dies in singularity.

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

Meditation is the tongue of the soul and the language of our spirit.

God is pleased with no music below so much as with the thanksgiving songs of relieved widows and supported orphans; of rejoicing, comforted, and thankful persons.

You will see by this that no man should be judged by another here in this life, for the good or evil he has done. Deeds may be properly judged, whether they are good or bad, but not men.

To call that writing, madam, is an insult to quills and ink across the world.

We all wish to live every moment of our life but its the death who gives us a surprise.

I am available for children's parties, by the way.

I don't even like holding them. Whenever I hold a gun, I want to get it out of my hand as quick as possible.

Beware of those who would pit the dead prophets against the living prophets, for the living prophets always take precedence.

A good recipe for a human reducing breakfast is a lot of good things to eat, and three spaniels and two cats to eat with.

It's easier to sell junk when you're known than works of genius when you're unknown.

Hope animates the wise, and lures the presumptuous and indolent who repose inconsiderately on her promises.

A lot of people probably say I'm stupid, and they're probably right, because there are people who take days off who are still in the league, and I'm not.