Few people know anything of the English history but what they learn from Shakespear; for our story is rather a tissue of personal adventures and catastrophes than a series of political events.

I endeavor to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient when there be no redress.

I never invite idiots to my house.

it is more to my personal happiness and advantage to indulge the love and admiration of excellence, than to cherish a secret envy of it.

Any wife will save you from purgatory, and a diligent one will secure heaven to you.

The only thing one can do one day one did not do the day before is to die.

The muses crown virtue when fortune refuses to do it.

The outrages of the powerful, the insolence of the rich, scorn of the proud, and malice of the uncharitable, all beating against the broken spirit of the unfortunate.

I always wish to find great virtues where there are great talents, and to love what I admire.

Not to be miserable is all some people are capable of.

You will find many a creature by earth, air, and water, that is more beautiful than a woman.

When you are used to the kind of life -of never getting anything you want- you stop knowing what it is you want.

GOD PUNISHES NOT FOR WORLD TO LAUGH, I AM NOT A EMOTIONLESS PAPER OF GRAPH, EVEN I AM NOT THE WORLD'S STAFF, DON'T ANGRY THINKING ME A CALF.

An evolved and balanced Ego can be a valuable tool for the Self. But a blinding one is always among the first footsteps into Oblivion. ☥

What good is strength if you have no sense?

For no part of Creation is left void of him: he has filled all things everywhere.

Much to his annoyance, a thought popped into his mind. It was very clear and very distinct, and he had now come to recognize these thoughts for what they were. His instinct was to resist them.

I went through bits of the 60s and thought myself a bit of a hippy.

Why can't women tell jokes? Because we marry them!

He seems faster too me. He could get seven to 10 yards in a pretty comfortable fashion. I went up to our defense and said 'Hey guys, that guy is pretty fast.'

The problem [ of the twenty-two million Afro-Americans] is so broad that it's going to take the inner working of all organizations.