“If your mind dislike anything obey it.”

We know what we are, but not what we may be.

Expectation is the root of all heartache.

These violent delights have violent ends And in their triump die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss, consume.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

I would not wish any companion in the world but you.

This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.

My heart is ever at your service.

The instruments of darkness tell us truths.

Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.

Our doubts are traitors, and make us lose the good we oft might win, by fearing to attempt.

Don’t waste your love on somebody, who doesn’t value it.

Words spoken can not be recalled so think twice before you speak.

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.

I have never understood disliking for war. It panders to instincts already catered for within the scope of any respectable domestic establishment.

I didn’t care if they liked me or disliked me, as long as I had their respect.

If you are still following your likes and dislikes, you have not even begun to practise Dhamma.

Another man understands that nature of the river is to change constantly, regardless of his likes and dislikes, and therefore he does not suffer.

Even if they’re saying your name with dislike, at least you know you’re you, that you exist.

If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division, it would be better to be without it… Any religion which is not a cause of love and unity is no religion.

If religion becomes a cause of dislike, hatred and division it were better to be without it.

Better to be disliked than pitied.