Would you hurt a woman worst, aim at her affections.

The happiness of love is in action; its test is what one is willing to do for others.

A man is never so on trial as in the moment of excessive good fortune.

While craving justice for ourselves, it is never wise to be unjust to others.

When people are lonely they stoop to any companionship.

Riches take wings, comforts vanish, hope withers away,but love stays with us. Love is God.

The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.

As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.

Repentance must be something more than mere remorse for sins: it comprehends a change of nature befitting heaven.

Pure wisdom always directs itself towards God; the purest wisdom is knowledge of God.

A man thirty years old, I said to myself, should have his field of life all ploughed, and his planting well done; for after that it is summer time.

As you turn into a daddy, soon now, you’ll find that, on marrying, a man and woman start actually living.

A best-seller is the gilded tomb of a mediocre talent.

I have devoted much time and energy to helping medical physics in developing countries.

The origin of sorrow is this: to wish for something that does not come to pass.

The stakes in conflict do not change. Battle determines who will control the wealth or its equivalent.

That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves.

I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better.

Probably the most neglected friend you have is you.

I was a late developer and, at the age of 15, I almost thought of quitting football.

Leaders who set out to give are more productive than leaders who seek to get.