Who against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be.

If the Christian penitent dares to ask that his many departures from the Christian norm, his impatience, gloom, self-occupation, unloving prejudices, reckless tongue, feverish desires, with all the damage they have caused to Christ's Body, be set aside, because -- because, in spite of all, he longs for God and Eternal Life: then he must set aside and forgive all that the impatience, selfishness, bitter and foolish speech, and sudden yieldings to base impulse by others have caused him to endure. Hardness is the one impossible thing. Harshness to others in those who ask and need the mercy of God sets up a conflict at the very heart of personality and shuts the door upon grace.

An honest man's the noblest work of God.

That's the penalty we have to pay for our acts of foolishness -- someone else always suffers for them.

As iron is eaten by rust, so are the envious consumed by envy.

This is a test. It is only a test. Had it been an actual job, you would have received raises, promotions, and other signs of appreciation.

Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction, for fiction is the creation of the human mind and therefore congenial to it.

Every season hath its pleasure; Spring may boast her flowery prime, Yet the vineyard's ruby treasuries Brighten Autumn's sob'rer time.

I would rather attempt something great and fail than attempt to do nothing and succeed.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

. . . as for logic, it's in the eye of the logician.

By taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing over it, he is superior.

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument plays itself.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

I'm married to the theater but my mistress is the films.

The most seditious is the most cowardly.

If the grass on the other side of the fence appears greener...it must be all the fertiliser they are using!

The silence often of pure innocence Persuades when speaking fails.

It ain't rocket science.

O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant. -Measure for Measure. Act ii. Sc. 2.