Time ripens all things, no man is born wise.

Order gave each thing view. -King Henry VIII. Act i. Sc. 1.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

The more reason, the less government.

God's first creature, which was light.

True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.

It is Truth which we must look for in Holy Writ, not cunning of words. All Scripture ought to be read in the spirit in which it was written. We must rather seek for what is profitable in Scripture, than for what ministereth to subtlety in discourse.

They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a greater fall.

The dynamics that are required to make any relationship work: Just keep putting your love out there.

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.

The Paphian Queen to Cnidos made repair Across the tide to see her image there: Then looking up and round the prospect wide, When did Praxiteles see me thus? she cried.

The world's greatest thinkers have often been amateurs; for high thinking is the outcome of fine and independent living, and for that a professional chair offers no special opportunities.

Nothing to do but work, Nothing to eat but food, Nothing to wear out but clothes, To keep one from going nude.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.

You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water. Don't let yourself indulge in vain wishes.

Football is an incredible game. Sometimes it's so incredible, it's unbelievable.

For chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

Love is the answer, but while you're waiting for the answer, sex raises some pretty interesting questions.

Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.