Thy Quotes

For thy sake, tobacco, I would do anything but die.

But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

Stand upright, speak thy thoughts, declare The truth thou hast, that all may share; Be bold, proclaim it everywhere: They only live who dare.

Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

And though thou notest from thy safe recess old friends burn dim, like lamps in noisome air love them for what they are; nor love them less, because to thee they are not what they were.

Wit thou well that I will not live long after thy days.

He that is thy friend indeed, he will help thee in thy need: if thou sorrow, he will weep; if you wake, he cannot sleep; thus of every grief in heart he with thee doth bear a part.

Into thy hands, O Lord. Into thy hands.

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, for there are plenty of others.

Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.

David and his followers taught no new doctrines, in their dispersion or when they came to power, that can be brought to countenance thee at all in shaving off thy beard.

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

Have thy tools ready. God will find thee work.

Teach not thy lip such scorn, for it was made For kissing, lady, not for such contempt.

To God, thy country, and thy friend be true.

Deceive not thy physician, confessor, nor lawyer.

Indulge not thyself in the passion of anger; it is whetting a sword to wound thine own breast, or murder thy friend.

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

Burn not thy fingers to snuff another man's candle.

Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.

It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.

Freedom is not something that one people can bestow on another as a gift. Thy claim it as their own and none can keep it from them.

If thy heart fails thee, climb not at all.

Nothing has such power to broaden the mind as the ability to investigate systematically and truly all that comes under thy observation in life.

Seek not, my soul, the life of the immortals; but enjoy to the full the resources that are within thy reach.

Look thy last on all things lovely, Every hour - let no night Seal thy sense in deathly slumber Till to delight Thou hast paid thy utmost blessing.

Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.

When ambitious desires arise in thy heart, recall the days of extremity thou has passed through.

First get an absolute conquest over thyself, and then thou wilt easily govern thy wife.