An honest man's word is as good as his bond.

Love is influenced by no consideration, recognizes no restraints of reason, and is of the same nature as death, that assails alike the lofty palaces of kings and the humble cabins of shepherds; and when it takes entire possession of a heart, the first thing it does is to banish fear and shame from it.

Facts are the enemy of truth.

But my thoughts ran a wool-gathering; and I did like the countryman, who looked for his ass while he was mounted on his back.

God bears with the wicked, but not forever.

All kinds of beauty do not inspire love; there is a kind which only pleases the sight, but does not captivate the affections.

Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.