The fountain of beauty is the heart, and every generous thought illustrates the walls of your chamber.
We can only do what is possible for us to do. But still it is good to know what the impossible is.
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
Fortune helps the brave.
The basic difference between being assertive and being aggressive is how our words and behavior affect the rights and well-being of others.
Yard by yard, it's very hard. But inch by inch, it's a cinch.
It was a woman who drove me to drink - and you know, I never even thanked her.
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
Work is love made visible. And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
Life is a stranger's sojourn, a night at an inn.
The smaller the drink, the clearer the head.
With every physical pain, my moral fibre unravels a little.
All the great blessings of my life are present in my thoughts today.
Not failure, but low aim, is a crime.
When good cheer is lacking, our friends will be packing.
Rule Britannia, Britannia, rule the waves; Britains never will be slaves.
You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.
Sometimes "the fool who rushes in" gets the job done.
If a little labour, little are our gains. Man's fortunes are according to his pains.
Betwixt the devil and the deap sea.