Laws that only threaten, and are not kept, become like the log that was given to the frogs to be their king, which they feared at first, but soon scorned and trampled on.

One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.

He who's never loved cannot be good.

Whom God loves, his house is sweet to him.

The most perceptive character in a play is the fool, because the man who wishes to seem simple cannot possibly be a simpleton.

Controlling my temper is important, ... Sometimes it's hard, but I try.

Great people create great acts of kindness.