The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion, constitutionality is no match with compassion.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

How shall I lose the sin yet keep the sense, And love th' offender, yet detest the offence?

You are an alchemist, make gold of that.

It is better to be killed than frightened to death.

The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless. When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.

O, grief hath changed me since you saw me last, And careful hours, with Time's deformed hand, Have written strange defeatures in my face.

Your mind must control, but you must have heart . . . . Give your feeling free.

To the guests that must go, bid God's speed and brush away all traces of their steps.

A teacher asked her students if they could use the words 'defeat, defense, and detail' in a sentence. Little Johnny was a smartly, so he answered with, " De feet of de dog went over de fence before de tail.".

Commemoration of Ethelburga, Abbess of Barking, 675 This, of course, is what religion is about: this adherence to God, this confident dependence on that which is unchanging. This is the more abundant life which, in its own particular language and own particular way, it calls us to live. Because it is our part in the one life in the whole universe of spirits, our share in the great drive towards Reality, the tendency of all life to seek God Who made it for Himself and now incites and guides it, we are already adapted to it. Just as a fish is adapted to life in the sea. This view of our situation fills us with a certain awed and humble gladness. It delivers us from all niggling fuss about ourselves, prevents us from feeling self-important about our own little spiritual adventures; and yet makes them worth while as part of one great spiritual adventure.

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.

Two souls and one thought, two hearts and one pulse.

It's just like magic. When you live by yourself, all of your annoying habits are gone.

The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.

Why wilt thou add to all the griefs I suffer Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures?

On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an irreligious one either with alarm or aversion; or with any other feeling than regret, and hope, and brotherly commiseration.

Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune.

It is much safer to obey, than to govern.

There is a ghost That eats hankerchiefs; It keeps you company On all your travels.