Virtue is the first title of nobility.

It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Love is a great master. It teaches us to be what we never were.

I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one.

I want people to be sincere; a man of honor shouldn't speak a single word that doesn't come straight from his heart.

People spend most of their lives worrying about things that never happen.

I hate all men, the ones because they are mean and vicious, and the others for being complaisant with the vicious ones.

Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.

Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.

A husband is a plaster that cures all the ills of girlhood.

A black hole holds all the colors of the universe.

Trees quiver in the wind, sailing on a sea of mistout of earshot.

Why have all the pieces joined together to create such a cruel fate?

Dying for dark - the darker the worse. Strange.

Embrace the true essence of Christmas - by embracing the gift and essence of life, itself.

Dissents speak to a future age.

It's a delight to trust somebody so completely.

Religion, in one sense, is a life of self-denial, just as husbandry, in one sense, is a work of death.

Working in a restaurant means being part of a family, albeit usually a slightly dysfunctional one. Nothing is accomplished independently.

I want to do good work, but having kids and a life outside of that is important, too. If you don't have anybody around who loves you, then what's it all for? You're just lonely in the end.