“He will have true glory who despises it.”

Envy, like flames, soars upwards.

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

Adversity reminds men of religion.

It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.

We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.

The sun has not yet set for all time.

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

No law is quite appropriate for all.

No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.

The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.

The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.

The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.

A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.

Although you stood before me in all your tangible glory, your love evaporated like an illusion melting in my hands.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.

We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections.

A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

It is hoped that by God’s assistance, some of the continents in the Ocean will be discovered for the Glory of God.

All the stars will tell the story, of our love and all its glory. Let us make this night of magic, and make it a night of love.

No matter what these people say about me, my music doesn’t glorify any image. My music is spiritual when you listen to it. It’s all about emotion, I tell my innermost, darkest secrets.