“Act well your part, there all the honour lies.”

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Eve left Adam, to meet the Devil in private.

The people’s voice is odd, It is, and it is not, the voice of God.

Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.

Sleep and death, two twins of winged race, Of matchless swiftness, but of silent pace.

True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.

What will a child learn sooner than a song?

O peace! how many wars were waged in thy name.

The only time you run out of chances is when you stop taking them.

A patriot is a fool in ev’ry age.

He who serves his brother best gets nearer God than all the rest.

On life’s vast ocean diversely we sail. Reasons the card, but passion the gale.

What then remains, but well our power to use, And keep good-humor still whate’er we lose? And trust me, dear, good-humor can prevail, When airs, and flights, and screams, and scolding fail.

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.

I think in many ways Johnny English is a more believable character.

The true character of a society is revealed in how it treats its children.

I would return to the Blackadder character if the opportunity came up. I have no qualms about that at all.

A person’s worth is measured by the worth of what he values.

If any man despises me, that is his problem. My only concern is not doing or saying anything deserving of contempt.

The philosopher whose dealings are with divine order himself acquires the characteristics of order and divinity.

To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.

I am made and remade continually. Different people draw different words from me.