“In peace there’s nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.”

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Grief makes one hour ten.

You speak an infinite deal of nothing.

Though she be but little, she is fierce!

Well, honor is the subject of my story.

Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.

You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.

God has given you one face, and you make yourself another.

We know what we are, but not what we may be.

Expectation is the root of all heartache.

These violent delights have violent ends And in their triump die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss, consume.

With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.

The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief.

Honesty is the best policy. If I lose mine honor, I lose myself.

I would not wish any companion in the world but you.

This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

The greater the man’s soul, the deeper he loves.

Every man is two men; one is awake in the darkness, the other asleep in the light.

I’m not a naturally funny man. I find that I can only be funny, if I become someone else.

Concentration is the root of all the higher abilities in man.

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man’s inhuman treatment of the Negro.

The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has its pearls too.