The pen is mightier than the sword, but no match for the accountant.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.

A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.

You shall judge a man by his foes as well as by his friends.

By the street of by-and-by, one arrives at the house of never.

In peace, sons bury their fathers; in war, fathers bury their sons. -Herodotus.

By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else.

Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning ... and there is wisdom in the selection of wisdom.

If one man can be allowed to determine for himself what is law, every man can. That means first chaos, then tyranny. Legal process is an essential part of the democratic process.

I do love these ancient ruins. We never tread upon them but we set Our foot upon some reverend history.

Too quick a sense of constant infelicity.

It's the repetition of affirmations that leads to belief. And once that belief becomes a deep conviction, things begin to happen.

Love does not only transform our mental/emotional nature, it also involves the physical system of our body which goes through profound changes as well. -David McArthur.

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale; And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier isle, Protective of his young.

The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to remount first principles, and to take nobody's word about them.

The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses - behind the lines, in the gym and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.

We grow small trying to be great.

Nowhere to fall but off; Nowhere to stand but on.