"This is the third time; I hope good luck lies in odd numbers.... There is divinity in odd numbers, either in nativity, chance, or death."

"There's nothing ill can dwell in such a temple: If the ill spirit have so fair a house, Good things will strive to dwell with 't."

"I have heard of your paintings too, well enough; God has given you one face, and you make yourselves another."

"But no perfection is so absolute, That some impurity doth not pollute."

"Best safety lies in fear."

"We do not keep the outward form of order, where there is deep disorder in the mind."

"Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired."

"The powers of the mind are like the rays of the sun when they are concentrated they illumine."

"Many people seem to think that opportunity means a chance to get money without earning it."

"However brilliant an action, it should not be esteemed great unless the result of a great motive."

"Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it."

"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can."