"Show me a mistress that is passing fair, what doth her beauty serve but as a note where I may read who pass'd that passing fair?"

"How much more doth beauty beauteous seem by that sweet ornament which truth doth give!"

"Let Hercules himself do what he may, the cat will mew, and dog will have his day."

"Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course."

"I, thus neglecting worldly ends, all dedicated To closeness and the bettering of my mind."

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

"Remember that lost time does not return."

"I never guess. It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts."

"If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in face, you should go home and examine your consicence."

"Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it."

"I've read about foreign policy and studied, I now know the number of continents."

"Writers have two main problems. One is writer's block, when the words won't come at all and the other is logorrhea, when the words come so fast that they can hardly get to the wastebasket in time."