My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go.
- William Shakespeare

The language of friendship is not words, but meanings.
- Henry David Thoreau

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
- Benjamin Franklin

Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once.
- Winston Churchill

It ain't those parts of the Bible that I can't understand that bother me, it's the parts that I do understand.
- Mark Twain

Don't hate, it's too big a burden to bear.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.