A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

I can not dial 911. There's no 11 on my phone.

When a true genius appears in this world you may know him by the sign that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act iii. Sc. 1.

Written about Washington after his death by another of the founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson: His mind was great and powerful ... as far as he saw, no judgment was ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.... Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed; refraining if he saw doubt, but, when once decided, going through his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed. His integrity was the most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known.... He was, indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good and a great man ... On the whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect ... it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great....

Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul.

When sparrows build and the leaves break forth My old sorrow wakes and cries.

Hanging and wiving goes by destiny. -The Merchant of Venice. Act ii. Sc. 9.

But to the purpose--for we cite our faults That they may hold excused our lawless lives; And partly, seeing you are beautified With goodly shape, and by your own report A linguist, and a man of such perfection As we do in our quality much want--

Tenderness and kindness are not signs of weakness and despair, but manifestations of strength and resolutions.

The woman is the home. That's where she used to be, and that's where she still is. You might ask me, What if a man tries to be part of the home -- will the woman let him? I answer yes. Because then he becomes one of the children.

It will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It will open to him the gates of heaven.

The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up. And one of the games to which it is most attached is called, ''Keep tomorrow dark,'' and which is also named ''Cheat the Prophet.'' The players listen very carefully and respectfully to all that the clever men have to say about what is to happen in the next generation. The players then wait until all the clever men are dead, and bury them nicely. Then they go and do something else. That is all. For a race of simple tastes, however, it is great fun.

A daddy was listening to his child say his prayer "Dear Harold," ........ At this, dad interrupted and said, "Wait a minute, "How come you called God, Harold? The little boy looked up and said, "That's what they call Him in church. You know the prayer we say, "Our Father, who art in Heaven, Harold be Thy name.".

Fields and trees are not willing to teach me anything; but this can be effected by men residing in the city.

And I read the moral--A brave endeavour To do thy duty, whate'er its worth, Is better than life with love forever, And love is the sweetest thing on earth.

The prayer of Ajax was for light; Through all that dark and desperate fight, The blackness of that noonday night.

Genius is another word for magic, and the whole point of magic is that it is inexplicable.

Every person I work with knows something better than me. My job is to listen long enough to find it and use it.

What female heart can gold despise? What cat's averse to fish?