And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
Wit thou well that I will not live long after thy days.
Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?
London, thou art the flower of cities all!
If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.
Begin - to begin is half the work, let half still remain; again begin this, and thou wilt have finished.
And these things are pretty much foundational: thou shall not kill, steal, bear false witness. All these things are embedded into the laws we enjoy in our nation.
Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.
Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.
Death be not proud, though some have called thee Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so. For, those, whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow. Die not, poor death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
Do thou snatch treasures from my lips, and I'll take kingdoms back from thine.
Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.
Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!
All things by immortal power. Near of far, to each other linked are, that thou canst not stir a flower without troubling of a star.
Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.
And the first commandment of feminism is: I am woman; thou shalt not tolerate strange gods who assert that women have capabilities or often choose roles that are different from men's.
Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.
Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
But since the world, which thou art to strive against, is not without thee, but within thee, it follows, that it is also to be conquered not without, but within thee.
If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires.
Through the Thou a person becomes I.
If we are to keep democracy, there must be a commandment: Thou shalt not ration justice.
'Thou shalt not get found out' is not one of God's commandments; and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.
Look thy last on all things lovely, Every hour - let no night Seal thy sense in deathly slumber Till to delight Thou hast paid thy utmost blessing.
In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it.
That though thou seest it no great matter to be separated from Christ now, yet when the heavens shall be in a flaming fire, and the earth shall give up the dead that be in it.
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, no winter in thy year.
Where hast thou wandered, gentle gale, to find the perfumes thou dost bring?
O, Thou precious Lord Jesus Christ, we do adore Thee with all our hearts. Thou art Lord of all.
Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?
Answerest thou nothing? Behold how many things they witness against thee.
The hours I spend with you I look upon as sort of a perfumed garden, a dim twilight, and a fountain singing to it. You and you alone make me feel that I am alive. Other men it is said have seen angels, but I have seen thee and thou art enough.