"But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honoured in the breach than the observance."

"There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries."

"Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, but not express'd in fancy; rich, not gaudy; for the apparel oft proclaims the man."

"The trust I have is in mine innocence, and therefore am I bold and resolute."

"No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, the marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, become them with one half so good a grace as mercy does."

"I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience."

"Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing."

"I don't want prizes. I turned down the National Institute of Arts and Letters when I was elected to it in 1976 on the grounds that I already belonged to the Diner's Club."

"...it is not by reflection and intelligence, but by perception, that the highest and purest truths are attained."

"Hatred is a boomerang which is sure to hit you harder than the one at whom you throw it."

"Love is this divine ingredient. It alone describes what can be our perfect relationship to our Heavenly Father and our family and neighbors, and the means by which we accomplish His work."

"Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm."