Get good counsel before you begin and when you have decided act promptly.

Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.

Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own

All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.

Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible

What the world stigmatizes as romantic is often more nearly allied to the truth than is commonly supposed.

Spend eighty percent of your time focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow rather than the problems of yesterday.

The impact of television on our culture is just indescribable.

In the late nineties, Katy Grannan began making haunting photographs of people who had extraordinary inner yens to be seen by strangers.

I want to send a message that we value our Muslim communities.

Something’s died in me,” she goes. “It took a long time for it to do it, but it’s dead. You’ve killed something, just like you’d took an axe to it. Everything is dirt now.

Just in the real world I think women are the ones that have all the power anyway.

I think we've got a lot players in the squad who are more suited to European football at the moment.

A key to strengthening spiritual muscles and enduring hardship is finding strength in the Word of God.