The sages of old live again in us, and in opinions there is a metempsychosis.

There is nothing in words and styles out suitableness that makes them acceptable and effective.

Some pretences daunt and discourage us, while others raise us to a brisk assurance.

It may not be impossible, but that our Faculties may be so construed, as always to deceive us in the things we judge most certain and assured.

That though we are certain of many things, yet that Certainty is no absolute Infallibility, there still remains the possibility of our being mistaken in all matters of humane Belief and Inquiry.

And for mathematical science, he that doubts their certainty hath need of a dose of hellebore.

It is the great beauty of true religion that it shall be universal, and a departure in any instance from universality is a corruption of religion itself.

Man doth not yield him to the angels, nor unto death utterly, save only through the weakness of his feeble will.

The precipitancy of disputation, and the stir and noise of passions that usually attend it, must needs be prejudicial to verity.

The woman in us still prosecutes a deceit like that begun in the garden.

What's impossible to all humanity may be possible to the metaphysics and physiology of angels.

Whatever you do, stay in love.

Lies don't make you happy. They just make you lie about being happy.

It is not weird for a dad to be doing the dishes, the laundry, and taking the kids to school, and read them stories for bed.

I like crafts that are made out of necessity because they're a little naive - you made it because you needed it.

As our own peace of mind grows, so the atmosphere around us becomes more peaceful.

Twitter is very impulsive and impermanent and you only have 140 characters. There is no greater 'Emperor' of Twitter than Stephen Fry.

So there might be a kind of collective effort that allows for those risks to be taken, pose a certain danger but not a suicidal one.

Talk shows are proof that conversation is dead.

If there is a Way involving the spirit of not being defeated, to help oneself and gain honour, it is the Way of Strategy.

The war is relentless: it puts the alternative in a ruthless relief.