“Every man, as the saying is, can tame a shrew but he that hath her.”

“That man that hath a tongue, I say is no man, if with his tongue he cannot win a woman.”

“To say he hath spoken to him in a Dream, is no more then to say he dreamed that God spake to him; which is not of force to win beleef from any man, that knows dreams are for the most part naturall, and may proceed from former thoughts; and such dreams as that, from selfe conceit, and foolish arrogance, and false opinion of a mans own goodlinesse, or other vertue, by which he thinks he hath merited the favour of extraordinary Revelation. To say he hath seen a Vision, or heard a Voice, is to say, that he dreamed between sleeping and waking: for in such manner a man doth many times naturally take his dream for a vision, as not having well observed his own slumbering. To say he speaks by supernaturall Inspiration, is to say he finds an ardent desire to speak, or some strong opinion of himself, for which hee can alledge no naturall and sufficient reason. So that though God Almighty can speak to a man, by Dreams, Visions, Voice, and Inspiration; yet he obliges no man to beleeve he hath so done to him that pretends it; who (being a man) may erre, and (which is more) may lie.”

“He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself, for every man hath need to be forgiven.”

“It holds no fear for her now, because the shark has been tamed by the soul of a boy. No--the soul of a man.”

“You don't ever want to be the wife who keeps her husband from playing poker - you don't ever want to be the shrew with the curlers and the rolling pin. So you swallow your disappointment and say okay.”

“It is God’s will that I see myself as much bound to Him in love as if He had done for me all that He hath done; and thus should every soul think inwardly of its Lover. That is to say, the Charity of God maketh in us such a unity that, when it is truly seen, no man can part himself from other.”

“The Man who says he can, and the man who says he can not.. Are both correct”

“Man does not tame and control the horse because he is strong, but because he is smarter than the animal.”

“My money's on the lady," he drawled. "You don't tame a vixen, you just travel in her wake.”