Of harmes two the lesse is for to cheese.

What is better than wisdom? Woman. And what is better than a good woman? Nothing.

All good things must come to an end.

The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.

The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.

Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.

Many small make a great.

Women naturally desire the same six things as I; they want their husbands to be brave, wise, rich, generous with money, obedient to the wife, and lively in bed.

That field hath eyen, and the wood hath ears.

Patience is a conquering virtue.

In April the sweet showers fall And pierce the drought of March to the root, and all The veins are bathed in liquor of such power As brings about the engendering of the flower.

Reading is dreaming with open eyes

Trust me, though, the words were on their way, and when they arrived, Liesel would hold them in her hands like the clouds, and she would wring them out like rain.

Sleeping. Turning in turn like planets rotating in their midnight meadow: a touch is enough to let us know we're not alone in the universe, even in sleep.

You make your own choices, Kira, and you can’t let anyone ever take that away from you.

In the end it may well be that Britain will be honored by the historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it.

Novels may have taken care of the emotional business for me, which has allowed music to be more emotional for me.

What I appreciate is acknowledging to the audience that I think they have brains.

Praise will come to those whose kindness leaves you without debt.

The mind is continuously running around. It never sits, it can't sit. Sitting seems to be death to it, and in a way it is.

There are lots of stories about how philosophy begins. Some people claim it begins in wonder; some people claim it begins in worry. I claim it begins in disappointment.