Occupy your mind with good thoughts, or the enemy will fill them with bad ones.

Yea, marry, now it is somewhat, for now it is rhyme; before, it was neither rhyme nor reason.

Kindness and good nature unite men more effectually and with greater strength than any agreements whatsoever, since thereby the engagements of men's hearts become stronger than the bond and obligation of words.

It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.

Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets.

Instead of inflicting these horrible punishments, it would be far more to the point to provide everyone with some means of livelihood, so that nobody's under the frightful necessity of becoming, first a thief, and then a corpse.