The ambitious climbs high and perilous stairs and never cares how to come down the desire of rising hath swallowed up his fear of a fall.

As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.

Grace comes into the soul as the morning sun into the world: there is first a dawning, then a mean light, and at last the sun in his excellent brightness.

That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.

Prevention is so much better than healing because it saves the labor of being sick.

No man more truly loves God than he that is most fearful to offend Him.

A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.

He who reforms himself, has done much toward reforming others; and one reason why the world is not reformed, is, because each would have others make a beginning, and never thinks of himself doing it.

The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive Him to His face.

He who demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass.

He who is proud of his knowledge, has gout in the wrong end.

People throw stones at you and you convert them into milestones.

Why don't we leave this pot on to simmer for a while?

Experience is one thing you can't get for nothing.

Peace secured by slavish submission is not peace.

Comedy Central made me delete the Boston Marathon joke. I wasn't happy about it but, despite popular belief, I can occasionally be a team player.

[Arnold Schwarzenegger] is funny. Some great one-liners, some great banter between him and the contestants [on "The Apprentice" ]. And he's good!

The most important questions a human can ever ask must surely deserve the most convincing answers, not simply the most comforting?

We have far more ability than we give ourselves credit for.

If we would be pure, if we would save Hinduism, we must rid ourselves of this poison of enforced widowhood.

The man who has not learned the secret of taking the drudgery out of his task by flinging his whole soul into it, has not learned the first principles of success or happiness.