And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.

I should only ever tell the king what he ought to do, not what he could do. For if the lion knows his own strength, no man could control him.

If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and stupidity commonly profit far beyond charity, modesty, justice and thought, perhaps we must stand fast a little, even at the risk of being heroes.

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.

The heart that has truly loved never forgets.

Whoever loveth me, loveth my hound.

Your love has build me from strength to strength. It has made me a stronger and better person than I was. There is nothing that love cannot change darling. Once you fall in love, even wars turn to love stories.