The law is not a "light" for you or any man to see by; the law is not an instrument of any kind. The law is a causeway upon which so long as he keeps to it a citizen may walk safely.

Your temper is the only thing you can lose and still have.

The eye of man hath not heard, the ear of man hath not seen, man's hand is not able to taste, his tongue to conceive, nor his heart to report, what my dream was. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act iv. Sc. 1.

When you are arguing with an idiot, make sure the other person isn't doing the same thing.

Do little things as though they were great, because of the majesty of Jesus Christ who does them in us, and who lives our life: and do the greatest things as though they were little and easy, because of His omnipotence.

What man would be wise, let him drink of the river That bears on his bosom the record of time; A message to him every wave can deliver To teach him to creep till he knows how to climb.

Confessed faults are half-mended.

It is not the distance of the earth from the sun, nor the sun's withdrawing itself, that makes a dark and gloomy day; but the interposition of clouds and vaporous exhalations. Neither is thy soul beyond the reach of the promise, nor does God withdraw Himself; but the vapours of thy carnal, unbelieving heart do cloud thee.

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness, I grant you that. Yes, yes, it's the most comical thing in the world.

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

Hell is paved with good intentions, roofed in with lost opportunities.

That load becomes light which is cheerfully borne. [Lat., Leve fit quod bene fertur onus.]

In a trader-dominated society, the scribe is usually kept out of the management of affairs, but it given a more or less free hand in the cultural field. By frustrating the scribe's craving for commanding action, the trader draws upon himself the scribe's wrath and scorn.

A calm sea does not make a skilled sailor.

Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness.

It is the owl that shrieked, the fatal bellman Which gives the stern'st good-night.

It shines like a diamond in a goats ass!

Don Chaucer. well of English undefyled On Fame's eternall beadroll worthie to be fyled.

Sorrow is tranquillity remembered in emotion.

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots and it will be over. We will give them a few shots and it will be over.