A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.

All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.

Samuel Johnson

Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and through the nose of the gentleman.

Herbert Spencer

Wellbeing is attained by little and little, and nevertheless is no little thing itself.

Citium Zeno

I tell you, we are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different.

Kurt Vonnegut

When, as we must often do, we fear science, we really fear ourselves. Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

John Polanyi

Tell me you love me. Tell me you love me and will fight with me.

Cassandra Clare

Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.

Christopher Reeve

I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.

John Keats

And there are people who want to be writers because they love to write. And they care.

Russell Banks

I revere the memory of Mr. F. as an estimable man and most indulgent husband, only necessary to mention Asparagus and it appeared or to hint at any little delicate thing to drink and it came like magic in a pint bottle; it was not ecstasy but it was comfort.

Charles Dickens

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

Benjamin Franklin

Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson