Whosoever obeyeth the devil, casteth himself down: for the devil may suggest, compel he cannot.

The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

Reason can discover things only near,--sees nothing that's above her.

Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself.

If thou wouldst preserve a sound body, use fasting and walking; if a healthful soul, fasting and praying. Walking exercises the body; praying exercises the soul; fasting cleanses both.

Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

O lust, thou infernal fire, whose fuel is gluttony; whose flame is pride, whose sparkles are wanton words; whose smoke is infamy; whose ashes are uncleanness; whose end is hell.

That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end.

The fountain of beauty is the heart and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.

Mercy turns her back to the unmerciful.

It comes down to this: we're pieces of equipmentTo be counted and signed for. On occasion some of us break down, And those parts which can't be salvagedAre replaced with other GI parts, that's all.

You are a failure not the time when you are defeated.. but when you give up fighting.

See the flower, how generously it distributes perfume and honey. When it's work is done, it falls away quietly. Try to be like the flower, unassuming despite all it's qualities.

All sensations are true; pleasure is our natural goal.

There's definitely an obstacle in developing a brand for yourself that people can rely on when you're so eclectic.

'Ides of March' I did for scale - scale as a director, scale as an actor, scale as a writer.

Well if somebody's giving me a script, I'll consider it. But it's not something I'm chasing.

Though there is nothing more dangerous, yet there is nothing more ordinary, than for weak saints to make their sense and feeling the judge of their condition. We must strive to walk by faith.

If we don't have a more serious energy policy, the difference between a good day and bad day for America from here on will hinge on how the 86-year-old king of Saudi Arabia manages...change.

To buy very good wine nowadays requires only money. To serve it to your guests is a sign of fatigue.