Take away God and religion, and men live to no purpose, without proposing any worthy end of life to themselves.

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.

A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill requires only our silence, which costs us nothing.

Of all parts of wisdom the practice is the best.

Was ever any wicked man free from the stings of a guilty conscience?

The art of using deceit and cunning grow continually weaker and less effective to the user.

Sincerity is to speak as we think, to do as we pretend and profess, to perform and make good what we promise, and really to be what we would seem and appear to be.

Our belief or disbelief of a thing does not alter the nature of the thing.

Integrity gains strength by use.

Convulsive anger storms at large; or pale And silent, settles into full revenge.

Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy; but he that can moderate these affections will find ease in his mind.

Boredom slays more of existence than war.

Let us enjoy the fugitive hour. Man has no harbor, time has no shore; it rushes on, and carries us with it.

The flying? I'm not worried about it. I'm safe up there. I feel very comfortable with my abilities flying an airplane.

There's always been a fierce rivalry between Spurs and Tottenham.

Don't use all your health to chase after wealth, only to spend all your wealth later to get back your health.

There are no heroes in most of my stories. I look at our society with a critical eye and find nothing extraordinary in the people I see.

How Sunday into Monday melts!

Royalty is a fine burial shroud.

To feel themselves in the presence of true greatness many find it necessary only to be alone.

Those who follow the Tao are of clear mind. They do not load their mind with anxieties and are flexible in their adjustment to external conditions.