We pick out a text here and there to make it serve our turn; whereas , if we take it all together, and considered what went before and what followed after, we should find it meant no such thing.

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.

Children harbor a great many doubts and sorrows that could be eased by a loving hug from a parent.

Wake up call may be a disastrous failure, if it results in a life change, the failure is worth the suffering

Life and all that is in itis a gift from the infinite mind

If you're worried I'll bite, I promise to tell you first.

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest.

I don't go on tour tours, I just go randomly to cities to do shows if I have an opening in my schedule.

What one state could not get alone, what one miner against a powerful corporation could not achieve, can be achieved by the union.

Philanthropic and religious bodies do not commonly make their executive officers out of saints.

Reason is a poor hand at prophecies.

Ireland is such a young society. The British were the ruling class up until they left about a hundred years ago, and we've been trying to work out what our class hierarchy is ever since.