Heaven absolves all crimes committed to gain a throne Once Heaven gives it to us.

The greater the effort, the greater the glory.

A liar is always lavish of oaths.

Self-love is the source of all our other loves.

Heaven often regulates effects by their causes, and pays the wicked what they have deserved.

When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.

The manner of giving is worth more than the gift.

Clemency is the noblest trait which can reveal a true monarch to the world.

To take revenge halfheartedly is to court disaster; either condemn or crown your hatred.

He who plays advisor is no longer ambassador.

Time is a great manager: it arranges things well.

Hope knows not if fear speaks truth, nor fear whether hope be blind as she.

Even if you look in the dictionary you know the meaning of the word or phrase, but there's still the feeling of it.

When a wise man chooses a sane basis for his arguments, it is no great task to speak well.

I niver knew a pollytician to go wrong ontil he's been contaminated by contact with a business man.

The living need charity more than the dead.

You walk into a retail store, whatever it is, and if there's a sense of entertainment and excitement and electricity, you wanna be there.

If you dig it, do it. If you dig it a lot, do it twice.

I don't see how anybody starts a novel without knowing how it's going to end. I usually make detailed outlines: how many chapters it will be and so forth.

It's better to start slow and find your way through than decide to jump on something different later on.

I can't think of very many people who work as hard at the craft of songcraft as Gord Downie does. It was life or death. Every syllable was important.