People do not always understand the motives of sublime conduct, and when they are astonished they are very apt to think they ought to be alarmed. The truth is none are fit judges of greatness but those who are capable of it.

I love you more than I hate cars, so I decided I’d try to face my fears and take some risks.

It was enough that slander could ruin a woman, because her purity was the most important thing about her.

Chapter I. Scotland.

I want what’s mine. And you wife, are mine.

It has been wisely said, “that well may thy guardian angel suffer thee to lose thy locks, when thou darest wilfully to lay thy head in the lap of temptation!” Was it not easier for the hero of Judaea to avoid the touch of the fair Philistine, than to elude her power when held in her arms?

Yet happiness isn’t something you chase, it’s something you are. It’s something you think, it’s something you believe.

A generous spirit is as eloquent in acknowledging benefits as it is bounteous in bestowing them...

Nobility, without virtue, is a fine setting without a gem.

Stop staring and call your brother’, Dane snaps over his shoulder as he heads toward the stairs.