Nature is reckless of the individual. When she has points to carry, she carries them
Happy is he who learns to bear what he cannot change!
No one provokes me with impunity (nemo me impune lacessit)
All the great blessings of my life are present in my thoughts today.
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting with the gift of speech
Better bend than break.
When rogues fall out, honest men get into their own.
Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
It's but little good you'll go a-water-ing the last year's crop.
The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none.
Make happy those who are near, and those who are far will come.
God is a verb, not a noun.
Children are forced to live very rapidly in order to live at all. They are given only a few years in which to learn hundreds of thousands of things about life and the planet and themselves.
It is easier to forgive an enemy than a friend.
AH the fat's in the fire.
Lord Ronald said nothing; he flung himself from the room, flung himself upon his horse and rode madly off in all directions.
With this ring I thee wed, with my body I thee worship, and with all my worldly goods I thee endow.
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
I'm so happy to be rich, I'm willing to take all the consequences.
Society is built upon trust.