The roses, the lovely notes, the dining and dancing are all welcome and splendid. But when the Godiva is gone, the gift of real love is having someone who'll go the distance with you. Someone who, when the wedding day limo breaks down, is willing to share a seat on the bus.
We should be eternally vigilant against attempts to check the expression of opinions that we loathe.
If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.
Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.
As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things.
The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.
Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.