An obstinate person does not hold opinions; they hold them.

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

Do you find yourself making excuses when you do not perform? Shed the excuses and face reality. Excuses are the loser's way out. They will mar your credibility and stunt your personal growth.

A tree is a nobler object than a prince in his coronation-robes.

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore; full well they merit all they feel, and more: unaw by precepts, human or divine, like birds and beasts, promiscuously they join.

Cursed be the verse, how well so e'er it flow, That tends to make one worthy man my foe.

This long disease, my life.