“Who does more earnestly long for a change than he who is uneasy in his present circumstances? And who run to create confusions with so desperate a boldness as those who have nothing to lose, hope to gain by them?”

A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.

Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others.

What though youth gave love and roses, Age still leaves us friends and wine.

A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.

And it will fall out as in a complication of diseases, that by applying a remedy to one sore, you will provoke another; and that which removes the one ill symptom produces others.

It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.

The state of things and the dispositions of men were then such, that a man could not well tell whom he might trust or whom he might fear.

Nobody sees a flower really, it is so small. We haven’t time,and to see takes time- like to have a friend takes time. One of the greatest problems of our time is that many are schooled, but few are educated.

To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.

I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.

What part soever you take upon you, play that as well as you can and make the best of it.

Everywhere do I percieve a certain conspiracy of rich men seeking their own advantage underthat name and pretext of commonwealth.

It is a wise mans part, rather to avoid sickness, than to wish for medicines.

See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.

I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.

The essence of America – that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea – and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

Your first realization when you become an important person is that all day and all night, whatever the circumstances, people want to hear you talk about yourself.

No matter your position, circumstances, or opportunities in life, you always have the freedom of mind to choose how you experience, interpret, and, ultimately, shape your world.

The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.

Do not let circumstances control you. You change your circumstances.

It’s not a matter of how well can you make a movie. It’s how well can you make it under the circumstance, because there’s always circumstances. You cannot use that as an excuse.

Stop blaming outside circumstances for your inside chaos.

I believe in the immeasurable power of love; that true love can endure any circumstance and reach across any distance.