"Small to greater matters must give way."

"Our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything."

"Was ever book containing such vile matter so fairly bound? O, that deceit should dwell in such a gorgeous palace!"

"In a false quarrel there is no true valour."

"At Christmas I no more desire a rose Than wish a snow in May's new-fangled mirth; But like of each thing that in season grows."

"But love is blind and lovers cannot see The pretty follies that themselves commit; For if they could, Cupid himself would blush To see me thus transformed to a boy."

"That which is not just is not law."

"It is better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot."

"There are times when parenthood seems nothing but feeding the mouth that bites you."

"I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves."

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."

"Some people are so fond of ill-luck that they run half- way to meet it."