A gallant man is above ill words.

Old friends are best.

Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.

They that are against Superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I will wear all colours but black, then am I superstitious in not wearing black.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.

There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.

The House of Commons is called the Lower House, in twenty Acts of Parliament; but what are twenty Acts of Parliament amongst Friends?

The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.

Do what YOU want to do because if you don’t, you are nothing but your own slave.-RVM

We do not want to be beginners (at prayer), but let us be convinced of the fact that we will never be anything but beginners all of our lives. --Thomas Merton

If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.

Playing drums feels like coming home for me. Even during the White Stripes I thought: 'I'll do this for now, but I'm really a drummer.' That's what I'll put on my passport application.

For unlike my mother, I did not believe I could be anything I wanted to be. I could only be me.

I sometimes think it's like a weird elastic band. The more tragic your work is, the quicker you snap back. There's a catharsis in telling a miserable old tale; you get rid of demons.

We must lay before him what is in us; not what ought to be in us.

Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.

I Have traveled 201 countries including Hell (Norway), and the strangest thing I've seenwas man