A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
Nothing is black or white.
The reward of one’s duty is the power to fulfill another.
Anger is short madness
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
They change their climate, not their soul, who rush across the sea.
Life is short, but there is always time for courtesy.
A man’s library is a sort of harem.
Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.
Sympathetic people often don’t communicate well, they back reflected images which hide their own depths.
Is the acorn better than the oak which is its fullness and completion?
Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed.
Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good.
A wicked fellow is the most pious when he takes to it. He’ll beat you all at piety.
You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.
Whether you come from a council estate or a country estate, your success will be determined by your own confidence and fortitude.
It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.
What is easy is seldom excellent.
I don’t need an alarm clock. My ideas wake me.
They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master.
