Virtue may be cheerful without forgetting its dignity.

Take time for deliberation. Haste spoils everything.

It is for the good of states that men should be deluded by religion.

Allow time and moderate delay; haste manages all things badly.

Fear in the world first created the gods. [Lat., Primus in orbe deos fecit timor.]

A just fortune awaits the deserving. [Lat., Fors aequa merentes Respicit.]

Give not reins to your inflamed passions: take time and a little delay; impetuosity manages all things badly.

It is noble to grant life to the vanquished. [Lat., Pulchrum est vitam donare minori.]

In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets.

Oh, how cowardly is wickedness always!

It is an honourable thing to be merciful to the vanquished.

Fast, Cheap, Good: Pick Two.

No one was meant to see hell before they got there. No one should have to live with the devil. So many homilies on faith were ruined once you no longer required it for belief.

We mothers of grown-up daughters tend to view them with a mixture of love, exasperation, irritation and awe.

She laughed. My favorite music.

There are people that will try to hurt you and hold you down.

It's very easy to make certain decisions that affect your life that you have no perspective on.

You were right,” she said. “You were always right, about everything. And I will always love you, Sam. Forever.

If I have one regret in my career, it is that I did not join Rangers a lot sooner.

It wasn't until I discovered comics that I actually began to approach drawing as a possible career.

I don't need to publish anything to make a living, so to speak, and I think it is much more important to spread information about our European religion than it is to make money from doing so.