I shall never be persuaded that God hath shut up all light of learning within the lantern of Aristotle's brain.

According to Solomon, life and death are in the power of the tongue; and as Euripides truly affirmeth, every unbridled tongue in the end shall find itself unfortunate; for in all that ever I observed in the course of worldly things, I ever found that men's fortunes are oftener made by their tongues than by their virtues, and more men's fortunes overthrown thereby, also, than by their vices.

Romance is a love affair in other than domestic surroundings.

I shall never be persuaded that God hath shut up all light of learning within the lantern of Aristotle's brain.

But true love is a durable fire, In the mind ever burning, Never sick, never old, never dead, From itself never turning.

What dependence can I have on the alleged events of ancient history, when I find such difficulty in ascertaining the truth regarding a matter that has taken place only a few minutes ago, and almost in my own presence!

No one can take less pains than to hold his tongue. Hear much, and speak little; for the tongue is the instrument of the greatest good and greatest evil that is done in the world.