It is a sin for a plebian to grumble in public.

The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again, pronounce a text, Cry hem; and reading what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene!

The language of truth is simple.

On all the peaks lies peace.

There was no respect for youth when I was young, and now that I am old, there is no respect for age--I missed it coming and going.

On April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. Of this he wrote to James Madison: As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles.

A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.

If we once accept the doctrine of the Incarnation, we must surely be very cautious in suggesting that any circumstance in the culture of first-century Palestine was a hampering or distorting influence upon His teaching. Do we suppose that the scene of God's earthly life was selected at random? -- that some other scene would have served better?

I've been married to one Marxist and one Fascist, and neither one would take the garbage out.

They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. - Cervantes ,

Here come Monsieur Le Beau. With his mouth full of news. Which he will put on us as pigeons feed their young. Then shall we be news-crammed.

This isn't right, this isn't even wrong.

Never touch a butterfly's wing with your finger.

I played a blank tape on full volume. The mime who lived next door complained. So I shot him with a gun with a silencer.

playin poker with the pros (he's dead).

The quickest way to receive love is to give love; The fastest way to lose love is too hold it too tightly; In addition, the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Do what you love and the necessary resources will follow.

We treat this world of ours as though we had a spare in the trunk.

Habit is overcome by habit.

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness. -Josh Billings.