Though good faith should be banished from the rest of the world, it should be found in the mouths of kings.

Surely, sir, There's in him stuff that puts him to these ends; For, being not propped by ancestry, whose grace Chalks successors their way, nor called upon For high feats done to th' crown, neither allied To eminent assistants, but spiderlike Out of his self-drawing web, 'a gives us note, The force of his own merit makes his way, A gift that heaven gives for him, which buys A place next to the king.

If there were a verb meaning "to believe falsely," it would not have any significant first person, present indicative.

it's better to find a whole worm in your apple than half a worm.

Others have done it before me. I can, too.

A century or so since, they spoke of sharing our Lord with the heathen, and the world rocked with laughter at so crazy a scheme, with the Church joining loudly in the merriment. Yet today, who laughs now? We ought to be the gladdest and the most exultant people in the world; for we have found the key to our difficulties, and it turns; have come on a solution of life's problems, and it works.

When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.

The burnt child dreads the fire.

Go play golf. Go to the golf course. Hit the ball. Find the ball. Repeat until the ball is in the hole. Have fun. The end.

In a mad world, only the mad are sane.

Nothing splendid was ever created in cold blood. Heat is required to forge anything. Every great accomplishment is the story of a flaming heart.

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular . . . sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.

You are my honey, honeysuckle, I am the bee.

True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.

But Shakespeare's magic could not copied be; Within that circle none durst walk but he.

Life is too short to long for money.

He believes that marriage and a career don't mix. So after the wedding he plans to quit his job.

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Mama was my greatest teacher, a teacher of compassion, love and fearlessness. If love is sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.