Women never really command until they have given their promise to obey; and they are never in more danger of being made slaves than when the men are at their feet.

There is no scandal like rags, nor any crime so shameful as poverty.

A good husband makes a good wife at any time.

Those who know the least obey the best.

Observe this, that tho a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if she secures the main chance, she's still virtuous; that's a maxim.

Charming women can true converts make, We love the precepts for the teacher's sake.

Grant me some wild expressions, Heavens, or I shall burst.

Captain is a good travelling name and so I take it.

'Twas for the good of my country that I should be abroad. Anything for the good of one's country-I'm a Roman for that.

Necessity, the mother of invention.

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

Hope is a strange commodity. It is an opiate. We swear we have relinquished it and, lo, here comes a day when, all unannounced, our enslavement to it returns.

God sells us all things at the price of labor.

The sacred lamp burns to give light

Only one answer will give a person the certain privilege, the joy, of entering heaven. “Because I have believed in Jesus Christ and accepted Him as my Savior.

Trust me, darlin', I've got skills for every room in the house.

People just get kicks out of making other people sad.

One hundred ten thousand ears in this ballpark, and he's got to hit my ear.

If my mind could gain a firm footing, I would not make essays, I would make decisions; but it is always in apprenticeship and on trial.

By the time you get dressed, drive out there, play 18 holes and come home, you've blown seven hours. There are better things you can do with your time.

Humans crave knowledge, and when that craving ends, we are no longer human.