The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride.

'Passion' a word which involves so many feelings. I feel it when we touch; I feel it when we kiss; I feel it when I look at you. For you are my passion; my one true love.

That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons labouring under ill-health.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

Praying without gratitude, first, is more like complaining.

Waiting is not always a bad thing

Never give the devil a ride! He will always want to drive!

A sub-clerk in the post-office is the equal of a conqueror if consciousness is common to them.

Living in your genome is the history of our species.

I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is.

My specialty is being right when other people are wrong.

Children, meditation is not just sitting with our eyes closed. We should take every action as worship. We should be able to experience His presence everywhere.

Many of the most difficult questions concerning the role of ethnic minorities centers on language.

Love grows from the rich foam of forgiveness, mongrels make good dogs, and the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things.