but sing no more this bitter tale that wears my heart away

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

And empty words are evil.

For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother

Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other.

Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.

There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.

I would disapprove of another hospitable man who was excessive in friendship, as of one excessive in hate. In all things balance is better.

Iron has powers to draw a man to ruin

Heaven has appointed us dwellers on earth a time for all things.

The gods granted us misery, in jealousy over the thought that we two, always together, should enjoy our youth, and then come to the threshold of old age.

The Constitution was about a limitation on power.

Our new strategic plan emphasizes the importance of providing access to records anytime, anywhere. This is one of many initiatives that we are launching to make our goal a reality.

The well heeded well heard.

At synods, I usually wait about a week before I speak. First I listen. I feel the temperature. I listen to what has been said, what has not been said, and what I think needs to be said at that point.

Induction is a process of inference; it proceeds from the known to the unknown.

To sway an audience, you must watch them as you speak.

The dead have never bothered me. It's the living that I fear.

I want to separate sin from crime. You may have to ask forgiveness for your sins from God, but not from the Minister of Justice. There's no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation.

Value your freedom or you will lose it, teaches history. "Don't bother us with politics," respond those who don't want to learn.

I would say realistically, and I don't want any headlines, but I would say realistically that next year would be the last year.