The law against witches does not prove there be any; but it punishes the malice of those people that use such means to take away men's lives.

Old friends are best.

Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty.

They that are against Superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I will wear all colours but black, then am I superstitious in not wearing black.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man; not that all men know the law, but because 'tis an excuse every man will plead, and no man can tell how to refute him.

There is no book on which we can rest in a dying moment but the Bible.

The House of Commons is called the Lower House, in twenty Acts of Parliament; but what are twenty Acts of Parliament amongst Friends?

The happiness of married life depends upon making small sacrifices with readiness and cheerfulness.

Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.

Ignorance of the law excuses no man.

A gallant man is above ill words.

The business end of business has never interested me.

I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I'm making music.

I ascribe my change wholly to God.

If we turn our heads and look away and hope that it will all disappear then they will - all of them, an entire generation of people. And we will have only history left to judge us.

Show me a thoroughly contented person, and I will show you a useless one.

In its purest form, dating is auditioning for mating (and auditioning means we may or may not get the part).

Economic theory has demonstrated in an irrefutable way that a prosperity created by an expansionist monetary and credit policy is illusory and must end in a slump, an economic crisis.

The message of the Gita is to be found in the second chapter of the Gita where Lord Krishna speaks of the balanced state of mind, of mental equipoise.

It became a gamble to myself whether I was able to do the exact same film ["Funny Games"]under very different circumstances.

What should I say? That I like him so much it hurts?