“There were no embraces, because where there is great love there is often little display of it.”

Every man is the son of his own works.

There are only two families in the world, my old grandmother used to say, the Haves and the Have-nots.

One of the effects of fear is to disturb the senses and cause things to appear other than what they are.

I have always heard, Sancho, that doing good to base fellows is like throwing water into the sea.

Dine on little, and sup on less.

A stout heart breaks bad luck.

To be good to the vile is to throw water into the sea.

Let every man look before he leaps.

God who gives the wound gives the salve.

The ass bears the load, but not the overload.

Fortune may have yet a better success in reserve for you and they who lose today may win tomorrow.

Happy the man to whom heaven has given a morsel of bread without laying him under the obligation of thanking any other for it than heaven itself.

Believe there are no limits but the sky.

Get the better of yourself – this is the best kind of victory.

Until death it is all life.

Those who’ll play with cats must expect to be scratched.

Following Christ isn’t something that can be done halfheartedly or on the side. It is not a label we can display when it is useful. It must be central to everything we do and are.

God displayed a sense of humor when he configured the region between our legs an entertainment complex built around a sewage system.

When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing.

O innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.

The book of nature is a fine and large piece of tapestry rolled up, which we are not able to see all at once, but must be content to wait for the discovery of its beauty, and symmetry, little by little, as it graduallly comes to be more and more unfolded, or displayed.

A readiness to excuse some faults, shows a disposition to commit others.

Attacking people with disabilities is the lowest display of power I can think of.

Stupidity is better kept a secret than displayed.