The rigid saint, by whom no mercy's shown To saints whose lives are better than his own.

Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration's artful aid.

England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of tea.

Genius is of no country.

Nature listening stood, whilst Shakespeare play'd And wonder'd at the work herself had made.

When satire flies abroad on falsehood's wing, Short is her life, and impotent her sting; But when to truth allied, the wound she gives Sinks deep, and to remotest ages lives.

The surest way to health, say what they will, Is never to suppose we shall be ill; Most of the ills which we poor mortals know From doctors and imagination flow.

Weak is that throne, and in itself unsound, Which takes not solid virtue for its ground.

A joke's a very serious thing.

No tribute is laid on castles in the air.

With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail.

Pray that your children will develop a heart that seeks after God.

Friends we shall never be, you know that yourself. Whether we shall be the happiest or the wretchedest of people--that's in your hands.

Obscenity, which is ever blasphemy against the divine beauty in life, is a monster for which the corruption of society forever brings forth new food, which it devours in secret.

We gaze continually at the world and it grows dull in our perceptions. Yet seen from another's vantage point, as if new, it may still take the breath away.

Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I'd like to be.

At certain crucial moments - an emergency or an opportunity - one must act first and think later.

It is my huge pleasure that my novels are translated into languages that are read among small numbers of people.

In the deaf community, in order to play a role of someone with a hearing loss... you have to have hearing loss.

Its boring not to take risks

Men are admitted into heaven not because they have curbed or governed their passions, but because they have cultivate their understandings.