hook, line and sinker.

Great honours are great burdens, but on whom They are cast with envy, he doth bear two loads. His cares must still be double to his joys, In any dignity.

The next day is never so good as the day before.

Life must be understood backwards. But it must be lived forward.

Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.

The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion.

I wonder if other dogs think poodles are members of a weird religious cult.

Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in a book!

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

I always try to balance the light with the heavy -- a few tears of human spirit in with the sequins and the fringes.

I was betrothed that day; I wore a troth kiss on my lips I could not give away.

Smile; it the second best thing one can do with one's lips.

In treat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. .

One of the greatest Romans, when asked where were his politics, replied, "Imperium et libertas." That would not make a bad programme for a British Ministry.

The Orator persuades and carries all with him, he knows not how; the Rhetorician can prove that he ought to have persuaded and carried all with him.

Doesn't know his arse from his elbow.

Jesus of Nazareth, without money and arms, conquered more millions than Alexander, Caesar, Mahomet, and Napoleon; without science and learning, He shed more light on things human and divine than all philosophers and schools combined; without the eloquence of schools, He spoke words of life such as never were spoken before or since, and produced effects which lie beyond the reach of any orator or poet; without writing a single line, He has set more pens in motion, and furnished themes for more sermons, orations, discussions, learned volumes, works of art and sweet songs of praise, than the whole army of great men of ancient and modern times. Born in a manger, and crucified as a malefactor, He now controls the destinies of the civilized world, and rules a spiritual empire which embraces one-third of the inhabitants of the globe. There never was in this world a life so unpretending, modest, and lowly in its outward form and condition, and yet producing such extraordinary effects upon all ages, nations, and classes of men. The annals of history produce no other example of such complete and astonishing success in spite of the absence of those material, social, literary, and artistic powers and influences which are indispensable to success for a mere man.

Nothing is thought rare Which is not new, and follow'd; yet we know That what was worn some twenty years ago Comes into grace again.

Every person is lined with love!

What does not destroy me, makes me strong. .