It seems to me a hard case to make slaves of those whom God and nature have made free.

Thou hast seen nothing yet.

Not with whom you are born, but with whom you are bred.

Until death it is all life

Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind.

Love and war are exactly alike. It is lawful to use tricks and slights to obtain a desired end.

I swear to hold my tongue about it till the end of your worship's days, and God grant I may be able to let it out tomorrow

...but once more I say do as you please, for we women are born to this burden of being obedient to our husbands, though they be blockheads

... truth, whose mother is history, who is the rival of time, depository of deeds, witness of the past, example and lesson to the present, and warning to the future.

...in the worst of circumstances, the hypocrite who pretends to be good does less harm than the public sinner.

We know already ample experience that it does not require much cleverness or much learning to be a governor, for there are a hundred round about us that scarcely know how to read.

I had a dream about you last night... you kept meowing at people and licking yourself it was not unlike you normally.

Libraries are as the shrine where all the relics of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved and reposed.

One of the greatest thrills in all of life is to feel the hand of God working through you and to be a part of the working reality of the church engaged in a movement larger than self.

Smiles, like humor, are the most serious and complex forms of communication used by human beings.

The end of rebellion is liberation, while the end of revolution is the foundation of freedom.

In woman's womb word is made flesh but in the spirit of the maker all flesh that passes becomes the word that shall not pass away. This is the postcreation.

Do you ever wonder whether people would like you more or less if they could see inside you?

It’s interesting to see how other people react to an oversharer.

Be able to tell whether garments that look good on the hanger actually look good on you