Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men’s hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.
THOMAS MOREI’d give the Devil benefit of law, for my own safety’s sake.
More Thomas More Quotes
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The things we pray for, good Lord, give us grace to labor for.
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It is only natural, of course, that each man should think his own opinions best: the crow loves his fledgling, and the ape his cub.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.
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And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.
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No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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To love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.
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Food is an implement of magic, and only the most coldhearted rationalist could squeeze the juices of life out of it and make it bland. In a true sense, a cookbook is the best source of psychological advice and the kitchen the first choice of room for a therapy of the world.
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Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody’s under the frightful necessity of becoming, first a thief, and then a corpse.
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Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.
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Your love has build me from strength to strength. It has made me a stronger and better person than I was. There is nothing that love cannot change darling. Once you fall in love, even wars turn to love stories.
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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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Oh! blame not the bard.
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Take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again.
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One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.
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