The accusing spirit, which flew up to heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in; and the recording angel as he wrote it down dropped a tear upon the word and blotted it out forever.

Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.

A good simile,--as concise as a king's declaration of love.

I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

There is nothing so awkward as courting a woman whilst she is making sausages.

Freethinkers are generally those who never think at all.

Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.

So much of motion, is so much of life, and so much of joy, and to stand still, or get on but slowly, is death and the devil.

You must take responsibility for removing I can't from your vocabulary.

I love getting amazing jackets, because you can wear your pajamas underneath and everyone's like, 'Oh, fabulous jacket, ' and I'm like, 'You should see what's underneath!'

The weakness of so many modern Christians is that they feel too much at home in the world

This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love

The questions I would have liked to ask people were: ‘Are you in love? What are you reading?

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Deadlines and things make you creative.

I think sometimes I don't realise how much the pressure gets to me.

The night's chilly breath tickles up my neck and finds my ear, whispering secrets only the wind knows.

It's a cliche, but it's true that all the fun lies in baddies, grotesques and comic roles.