“So Nature ordains; no evil example corrupts us so soon and so rapidly as one that has been set at home, since it comes into the mind on high authority.”

Writing in the incurable itch that possesses many.

Many individuals have, like uncut diamonds, shining qualities beneath a rough exterior.

All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

It is but the weak and little mind that rejoices in revenge

The wise man sets bounds even to his innocent desires.

Whenever fortune wishes to joke, she lifts people from what is humble to the highest extremity of affairs.

In the present state of the world it is difficult not to write lampoons.

Many a man has met death from the rushing flood of his own eloquence; others from the strength and wondrous thews in which they have trusted.

Honesty is admired, and starves.

Today there’s more fellowship among snakes than among mankind. Wild beasts spare those with similar markings.

The tongue is the vile slave’s vilest part.

Remorse is the fruit of crime.

Honesty is praised and left in the cold.

Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.

This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

The greatest respect is owed to a child.

No settlement with the majority community is possible, as no Hindu leader speaking with any authority shows any concern or genuine desire for it.

Authority doesn’t work without prestige, or prestige without distance.

It is not the part of prudence to neglect that which antiquity in its long experience has approved and which is also taught by apostolic authority.

No human law can abolish the natural and original right of marriage, nor in any way limit the chief and principal purpose of marriage ordained by God’s authority from the beginning: “Increase and multiply.

Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.

I grew up to always respect authority and respect those in charge.

You are your own highest authority. Do not place your source of authority outside of you. Go within to see if the truth you’ve found is in harmony with the truth you find in your heart.

Remember: you are the only person who thinks in your mind! You are the power and authority in your world.