Thomas More

"A man may break a word with you, but keep his bond with himself."

"Everything is vain and depressing."

"The nature of true friendship is to be found in all its excellence."

"How can you govern a kingdom when you cannot govern a family?"

"Respect is what we owe; love is what we give."

"No man is an island, entire of itself."

"The greatest pleasure is to do a good action by stealth, and have it discovered by accident."

"A merry heart doeth good like a medicine."

"Children are poor men's riches."

"Law without justice is a wound that cries out for vengeance."

"Wise men, while in prayers, fall to scratching."

"The lion is not so fierce as he is painted."

"To live in a state of uncertainty is to disrespect God's plan."

"Virtue is its own reward."

"Labor is light where love doth pay."

"The life of a learned man is laborious."

"Nothing is so unequal as the equal treatment of unequal people."

"Where there is peace, there is prosperity."

"Knowledge itself is power."

"Fear is the prison of the heart."

"A friend is the other I."

"Time is the most precious thing a man can spend."

"The measure of a man is what he does with power."

"Do not imagine that you can work for God and go to heaven at the same time."

"Such is the nature of all human happiness."

"Beauty is the struggle toward expression."

"Men are not to be deceived."

"The family is the basis of society."

"To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts."

"Suffer like a man and act like a man."