Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of to-day, for the golden beams that are to gild the morrow.
Susanna Moodie

And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
Venerable Bede

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.
Marcus Aurelius

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.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

As thy days, so shall thy strength be which, in modern language, may be translated as thy thoughts so shall thy life be.
Emmet Fox

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.
Hesiod

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.
Tacitus

Be ignorance thy choice, where knowledge leads to woe.
James Beattie

Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.
John Donne

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.
Akhenaton

Behold, I am become a reproach to thy holy name, by serving any ambition and the sins of others; which though I did by the persuasion of other men, yet my own conscience did cheek and upbraid me in it.
William Laud

Blessed be God that Thou hast filled the soul of Thy servant with joy and peace in believing.
Christopher Love

Blue thou art, intensely blue; Flower, whence came thy dazzling hue?
James Montgomery

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

Busy old fool, unruly Sun, why dost thou thus through windows and through curtains call on us? Must to thy motions lovers seasons run?
John Donne

But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.
William Wordsworth

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

But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!
George Canning

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

By the God of thy Father who shall help thee, and by the Almighty, who shall bless thee with blessings of heaven above, blessings of the deep that lieth under, blessings of the breasts and of the womb.
John Pearson