The best armor is to keep out of gunshot.

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.

Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

I confess that I have as vast contemplative ends, as I have moderate civil ends: for I have taken all knowledge to be my province.

It's such an extraordinary supple medium that you never do quite know what paint will do.

It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

I like, you may say, the glitter and colour that comes from the mouth, and I've always hoped in a sense to be able to paint the mouth like Monet painted a sunset.