That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end. – Francis Quarles
If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail. – Francis Quarles
Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. – Francis Quarles
Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune. – Francis Quarles
The search for conspiracy only increases the elements of morbidity and paranoia and fantasy in this country. It romanticizes crimes that are terrible because of their lack of purpose. It obscures our necessary understanding, all of us, that in this life there is often tragedy without reason. – Anthony Lewis