Times go by turns, and chances change by course, from foul to fair, from better hap to worse.

God gave Himself to you: give yourself to God.

Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live.

When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.

The saddest birds a season find to sing,The roughest storm a calm may soon allay;Thus with succeeding turns God tempereth all,That men may hope to rise yet fear to fall.

I feel no care of coin,Well-doing is my wealth;My mind to me an empire is,While grace affordeth health.

My mind to me an empire is.

Christianity is warfare, and Christians are spiritualsoldiers.

Few have all they need, none all they wish.

What thought can think, another thought can mend.

Where sin was hatch'd, let tears now wash the nest, Where life was lost, recover life with cries.

Three quarters of faith is boldness.Three quarters of wisdom is intelligence.Three quarters of love is kindness.

Let nothing put me to unease, nothing to deceive.I have conceived, I exist.Because I am blessed, To gather time, in hearing, my breath, so tranquil.To life, I am, thankful.

when your life is out of balance your cheque bounces

Be worried when the haters stop hating and the critics stop criticizing.

The things that'll make you fail I'll love always.

Don't say 'No,' say 'Gilbert,' ladies and gentlemen.

We should not teach children the sciences; but give them a taste for them.

The future is born, put the past in a casket

The affairs of the royal house form a subject of conversation for those who, as a rule, would have no conversation.

One prefers, of course, on all occasions to be stainless and above reproach, but, failing that, the next best thing is unquestionably to have got rid of the body.