If all the world and love were young, And truth in every shepherd's tongue, These pretty pleasures might me move To live with thee, and be thy love.

Talking much is a sign of vanity, for the one who is lavish with words is cheap in deeds.

But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust.

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.

The most divine light only shineth on those minds which are purged from all worldly dross and human uncleanliness.

But it is hard to know them from friends, they are so obsequious and full of protestations; for a wolf resembles a dog, so doth a flatterer a friend.

[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power.

So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lieth.

It is not truth, but opinion that can travel the world without a passport.

Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.

A man must first govern himself ere he is fit to govern a family; and his family ere he be fit to bear the government of the commonwealth.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

An artist must be passionately in love with her art. Obsessed or possessed ― go mad for what you believe in.

Hold on to your dream. Don't let past failures or dire economic forecasts make you a pessimist. Keep your youthful dreams alive and create your own opportunities.

I like movies about failing.

There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on.

Faith is belief without evidence and reason; coincidentally that's also the definition of delusion.

When I see Steve Davis I see two letters... C S... Cue Sorceror.

It's true that in Canada, we pride ourselves on the game, and we like to think we're the dominant hockey nation in the world.

When we have "second thoughts" about something, our first thoughts don't seem like thoughts at all - just feelings.

Nobody really knows anybody completely, even if they've been married to 'em for 53 years, you know?