Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.
THOMAS MORETo love God, which was a thing far excelling all the cunning that is possible for us in this life to obtain.
More Thomas More Quotes
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Getting married is like putting one’s hand in a bag containing 99 serpents and one eel.
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It is possible to live for the next life and still be merry in this.
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They set great store by their gardens . . . Their studie and deligence herein commeth not only of pleasure, but also of a certain strife and contention . . . concerning the trimming, husbanding, and furnishing of their gardens; everye man or his owne parte.
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Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.
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Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.
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No more like together than is chalke to coles.
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I die the king’s faithful servant, but God’s first.
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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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It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.
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A good tale evil told were better untold, and an evil take well told need none other solicitor.
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A man taking basil from a woman will love her always.
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We cannot go to heaven in featherbeds.
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Lawyers-a profession it is to disguise matters.
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He travels best that knows when to return.
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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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