Why, since we are always complaining of our ills, are we constantly employed in redoubling them?

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

The world is endlessly fascinating to those who take the time to look.

You came here of your own free will, Claire. I won’t be denied. You’re mine now, and I intend to keep you.

It would be great to be recognised for my achievements, but Sports Personality isn't about that.

The ship of Democracy, which has weathered all storms, may sink through the mutiny of those aboard.

He has not lived badly whose birth and death has been unnoticed by the world.

It is my meditation all the day, and more than my meat and drink, to know how I shall make the Saints of God comprehend the visions that roll like an overflowing surge before my mind.

Birth is of course violent. Menstruation is violent. Trust me, if men's penises opened up once a month and shot blood, we'd be hearing about the violence of it.

...the most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.

If God always met our expectations, He'd never be able to exceed them.

I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.