The way to subject all things to thyself is to subject thyself to reason; thou shalt govern many, if reason govern thee. Wouldst thou be crowned the monarch of a little world? command thyself.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

I want to make sure I remember what real ugly is. I might want to tell my grandchildren someday.

Child care is an invisible part of the economy.

God is acting on your soul all the time, whether you have spiritual sensations or not.

The darkness, of which the historians complain, is essentially the darkness of their own ignorance.

I'm just saying that at least for the foreseeable future there won't be any more touring

Nobody loves you better because you have used yourself up for them.

If you're a Conservative, why aren't you behind conserving the land?

If there's one thing that everyone can agree on, it's that, right or wrong, they hate the press.

The result of your not listening to your experience is that you keep re-living it, over and over again.

It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops those qualities he needs.