I never, with important air, In conversation overbear. . . . . My tongue within my lips I rein; For who talks much must talk in vain.

Follow love and it will flee, flee love and it will follow thee.

Fair is the marigold, for pottage meet.

Thus shadow owes its birth to light.

Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.

Lions, wolves, and vultures don't live together in herds, droves or flocks. Of all animals of prey, man is the only sociable one. Every one of us preys upon his neighbor, and yet we herd together.

Envy is a kind of praise.

You can only be called a hypocrite if you judge others first.

And when a lady's in the case, You know, all other things give place.

Nor love, not honor, wealth nor power, can give the heart a cheerful hour when health is lost. Be timely wise; With health all taste of pleasure flies.

From kings to cobblers 'tis the same; Bad servants wound their masters' fame.

Kindness is the best philosophy.

The beginning seems bitter to you, but the end is sweeter for you. However, you can’t get through to the end without having a beginning. You must begin by all means.

It is not really a small thing when in small things we resist self.

As a war correspondent, you have to weigh the risk you run against the story you can get.

If we rationalize our problems when He points them out, we will spend less and less time meditating because we won't want to face God in that area of our lives.

Whatever qualities the rich may have, they can be acquired by anyone with the tenacity to become rich.

There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

But I think the other is a little more like bullfighting, a little more daring and although I appreciate good acting and I liked being versatile my whole career, it kept me working.

It is fear that is the greatest cause of misery in the world.