Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.
This is true liberty, when free-born men, having to advise the public, may speak free.
Wealth stays with us a little moment if at all: only our characters are steadfast, not our gold.
Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.
Leave no stone unturned.
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.
God in heaven has dominion Over so many events. He can frustrate what seems inevitable, And bring to pass the thing that you least expect.
I can't be on the side of any sort of war and I'm not going to be. I am against the war and I am very vocal about it.
The basic premise that children must learn about emotions is that all feelings are okay to have; however, only some reactions are okay.
The rabbis paled. I’d managed to terrify holy men. Maybe I could beat up a nun for an encore.
What did I know, what did I know of love's austere and lonely offices?