O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I.

Remember the Viper:--'twas close at your feet, How you started and threw yourself into my arms; Not a strawberry there was so ripe nor so sweet As the lips which I kiss'd to subdue your alarms.

Success isn't measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.

Some people grow under responsibility, others merely swell.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

Feast of John Keble, Priest, Poet, Tractarian, 1866 God's own work must be done by God's own ways. Otherwise, we can take no comfort in obtaining the end, if we cannot justify the means used thereunto.

I believe there is no sentiment he has such faith in as that charity begins at home" And his, I presume., is of that domestic sort which never stirs abroad at all.

Ignorance is stubborn and prejudice is hard.

You can survive on charm for about 5 minutes...after that, you'd better know something!

O Lord to You we give thanks that in time Polish horses ... defeat Nazi tanks.

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

Struggle is the father of all things. It is not by the principles of humanity that man lives or is able to preserve himself above the animal world, but solely by means of the most brutal struggle.

Vanity is so secure in the heart of man that everyone wants to be admired: even I who write this, and you who read this.

Commemoration of Francis Xavier, Apostle of the Indies, Missionary, 1552 What is the Christian? Everywhere the man who, so far as he comprehends Jesus Christ, so far as he can get any knowledge of Him, is His servant -- the man who makes Christ a teacher of his intelligence and the guide of his soul -- the man who obeys Christ as far as he has been able to understand him... I would know any man as a Christian, would rejoice to know any man as a Christian, whom Jesus would recognize as a Christian; and Jesus Christ, I am sure, in these old days recognized His followers even if they came after Him with the blindest sight, with the most imperfect recognition and acknowledgment of what He was and of what He could do.

He who despairs of the human condition is a coward, but he who has hope for it is a fool.

Bind her, grind her, burn her with fire, Cast her ashes into the sea,-- She shall escape, she shall aspire, She shall arise to make men free; She shall arise in a sacred scorn, Lighting the lives that are yet unborn, Spirit supernal, splendor eternal, England!

The lintel low enough to keep out pomp and pride; The threshold high enough to turn deceit aside; The doorband strong enough from robbers to defend; This door will open at a touch to welcome every friend.

If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

History is the transformation of tumultuous conquerors into silent footnotes.