The man who is prepared has his battle half fought.

there are many hours and minutes between now and tomorrowand in any one of them-even in a minute,the house falls

Ill-luck, you know, seldom comes alone.

If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have no cause to envy lords and princes; for blood is inherited, but virtue is common property, and may be acquired by all; it has, moreover, an intrinsic worth, which blood has not.

The treason pleases, but the traitors are odious.

The virtuous woman must be treated like a relic - adored, but not handled; she should be guarded and prized, like a fine flower-garden, the beauty and fragrance of which the owner allows others to enjoy only at a distance, and through iron walls.

We are all as God made us and frequently much worse.