Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
THOMAS MOREOh! blame not the bard.
More Thomas More Quotes
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There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might be put in a method how to live, and so be preserved from the fatal necessity of stealing and of dying for it.
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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.
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See me safe up: for in my coming down, I can shift for myself.
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Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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Nobody owns anything but everyone is rich – for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?
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The most part of all princes have more delight in warlike manners and feats of chivalry than in the good feats of peace.
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A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
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Oh! blame not the bard.
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I’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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As for rosemary, I let it run all over my garden walls, not only because my bees love it but because it is the herb sacred to remembrance and to friendship, whence a sprig of it hath a dumb language.
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The Utopians feel that slaughtering our fellow creatures gradually destroys the sense of compassion, which is the finest sentiment of which our human nature is capable.
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He travels best that knows when to return.
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What is deferred is not avoided.
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It’s a poor doctor who can’t cure one disease without giving you another.
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