Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.

Know first who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.

What many men desire--that 'many' may be meant By the fool multitude that choose by show, Not learning more than the fond eye doth teach, Which pries not to th' interior, but like the martlet Builds in the weather on the outward wall, Even in the force and road of casualty.

Friendship is precious, not only in the shade, but in the sunshine of life.

Those who love deeply never grow old.

Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love. That leaves no other time!

Money can't buy happiness; it can, however, rent it.

Tekel: Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

It was the lark, the herald of the morn; No nightingale.

There is a season for man's merit as well as for fruit.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. Thanks to Maria Marquis Thoreau There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root, and it may be that he who bestows the largest amount of time and money on the needy is doing the most by his mode of life to produce that misery which he strives in vain to relieve. -Margaret Thatcher.

Is there anything more beautiful than a beautiful, beautiful flamingo, flying across in front of a beautiful sunset? And he's carrying a beautiful rose in his beak, and also he's carrying a very beautiful painting with his feet. And also, you're drunk.

It struck me that the movies had spent more than half a century saying, "They lived happily ever after" and the following quarter-century warning that they'll be lucky to make it through the weekend. Possibly now we are now entering a third era in which the movies will be sounding a note of cautious optimism: You know it just might work.

No one is responsible for all the things that happen to him, but he is responsible for the way he acts when they do happen.

Treat a thousand dispositions in a thousand ways.

If you wish to drown, do not torture yourself with shallow water.

Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse.

Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.

Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don't wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future--Think how really precious is the time you have to spend, whether it's at work or with your family. Every minute should be enjoyed, savored.