The burden of proof lies on the plaintiff.

Ancient custom has the force of law.

That which is built upon the land goes with the land.

Every skilled person is to be believed with reference to his own art.

No one should be twice punished for one crime.

The trodden path is the safest.

Nothing happens easily in our lives. To get something, you have to attract it with the power of your love.

Words make the intangible aspects of human experience communicable, and a single sentence can shatter our world view and assist us in the formulation of a new one.

It is not enough to speak but to speak truth

I think it’s easyto confuse love with other things.Lust, for one. Need, for another

Ever since I was a kid, I've always been a real deep thinker and stuff.

When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.

Now I don't really write for adults or kids - I don't write for kids, I write about them. I think you need to do that, otherwise you end up preaching down.

The more people learn about them (Obama and Hillary) and how they handle the pressure, the more their support will evaporate.

In his head, his mother said, 'People shout when they don’t have the vocabulary to whisper'.

Greed is gross. Greed is vile. Greed sucks.