This grieved me heartily ; and now I saw, though too late, the folly of beginning a work before we count the cost, and before we judge rightly of our own strength to go through with it.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

It is never too late to be wise.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of the greatest storm without.

The value of consistent prayer is not that [God] will hear us, but that we will hear Him.

Wars and elections are both too big and too small to matter in the long run. The daily work - that goes on, it adds up.

I like to put wings on my mythical creatures, because I've always wanted to be able to fly! That's a dream of mine.

A healthy person goes 'Yes,' 'No,' and 'Whoopee!' An unhealthy person goes 'Yes, but,' 'No, but,' and 'No whoopee.

He that will not have peace, God gives him warre. [He that will not have peace, God gives him war.]

When the adversaries of Erasmus had got the Trinity into his edition, they threw by their manuscript as an old almanac out of date.

There is perhaps no more obvious vanity than to write of it so vainly.

Little girls, like butterflies, need no excuse.

I don't care about the clubs, I don't care about the radio, all I care about is getting my digital downloads.

All the plots of hell and commotions on earth have not so much as shaken God's hand to spoil one letter or line he has been drawing.