Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice.

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

The course of true love never did run smooth.

Better three hours too soon than a minute too late.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

No legacy is so rich as honesty.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

It is not in our stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

The Eyes are the window to your soul

What a terrible era in which idiots govern the blind.

Hell is empty and all the devils are here.

I am afeard there are few die well that die in battle, for how can they charitably dispose of anything when blood is their argument?

God is always trying to give blessings to us, but our minds are usually too full to receive them.

You might plan how to sleep but you can't plan how to wake up. He who plans how to sleep is a Planer, he who plans out to wake up is a Dreamer.

No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block

Victory is a thousand times sweeter when you're the underdog.

Watch your thoughts, they become words. Watch your words, they become actions. Watch your actions, they become habit.

Vigorous exercise will often fortify a feeble constitution.

The painter puts brush to canvas, and the poet puts pen to paper. The poet has the easier task, for his pen does not alter his rhyme.

Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America. This new world hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from every part of Europe.