Without discretion, people may be overlaid with unreasonable affection, and choked with too much nourishment.

People's opinions of themselves are legible in their countenances.

As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.

Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped.

Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.

Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society, the corrupter of manners, and the underminer of property.

A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading.

Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will.

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.

Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impotence, folds its arms in despair.

What we believed, we become.

If it's worth doing, it's worth doing poorly. (friend who is a priest said regarding prayer)

...you are a writer the moment you start writing, not when you've sold your first book.

Knowledge is very important and one of the few things that accompanies us into the next life.

Life was never meant to be safe. It was meant to be lived right to the end.

It isn't how much time you spend somewhere that makes it memorable: it's how you spend the time.

Everyone loves a slice of period-drama-pie, but I think the success of Upstairs Downstairs is really down to the wonderful format that Jean Marsh and Eileen Atkins created.

Just before bedtime prayers, evaluate each day. Make plans for tomorrow that will move you toward your long-range goal. Strive for a close partnership with God in making your dreams come true.

[Depp] has real ambitions, but he is deeply afraid of being considered pretentious.

If we live according to the law "an eye for an eye...," we will never escape from the spiral of evil.