Those that govern most make least noise.

Old friends are best.

Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.

They that are against Superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I will wear all colours but black, then am I superstitious in not wearing black.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.

There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.

The House of Commons is called the Lower House, in twenty Acts of Parliament; but what are twenty Acts of Parliament amongst Friends?

The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

A gallant man is above ill words.

The treasures of life is hidden in a book.

You are a gift to the universe, but a package is only valuable if it allows itself to be unwrapped.

I had gotten so used to being alone, but never entirely used to it. Never used to it enough to stop wanting the alternative.

What timeless resources, God provide to serve every need?

I breathed the air of history all unaware, and walked oblivious through its littered layers.

One hundred percent, I mean, many of the Sergio Leone movies were with Clint Eastwood, and that's what it is.

Renunciation which is natural does not herald its coming by the blowing of trumpets. It comes in imperceptibly without letting anyone notice it.

At the time I did not know that stories of life are often more like rivers than books.

My mother used to have a shop in which she offered very colorful clothes. I liked that from my early days on.

I don't want to be dragging myself on stage, year in year out, until someone else tells me it is time to go. There are certain birthdays that make you revalue your life