"Poor and content is rich, and rich enough; but riches fineless is as poor as winter to him that ever that ever fears he shall be poor."

"No, 'tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword, whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile, whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world."

"Though inclination be as sharp as will, My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, And, like a man to double business bound, I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect."

"What seest thou elseIn the dark backward and abysm of time?"

"A heavy heart bears not a nimble tongue."

"Hereafter, in a better world than this, I shall desire more love and knowledge of you."

"We don't make mistakes, we make happy accidents."

"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god."

"Gold is worse poison to a man's soul, doing more murders in this loathsome world, than any mortal drug."

"There is no substitute for victory."

"Absolute power is the power to destroy."

"I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight."