Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.

It is not the hours we put in on the job, it is what we put into the hours that counts.

Make ducks and drakes with shillings.

O, hell! to choose love by another's eyes. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 1.

The nature of a society is largely determined by the direction in which talent and ambition flow--by the tilt of the social landscape.

There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which ... is within the souls of men.

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Feast of Evelyn Underhill, Mystical Writer, 1941 Formal prayer is a practical device, not a spiritual necessity. It makes direct suggestions to our souls: it reminds us of realities which we always tend to forget.

The effect of power and publicity on all men is the aggravation of self, a sort of tumor that ends by killing the victim's sympathies.

Peace, plenty, and contentment reign throughout our borders, and our beloved country presents a sublime moral spectacle to the world...

What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.

I see, sir, you are liberal in offers. You taught me first to beg, and now methinks You teach me how a beggar should be answered.

The vice-presidency isn't worth a pitcher of warm piss.

Unconscious humor.

These bells have been anointed, And baptized with holy water!

Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.

Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.

Amende to-day and slack not, Deythe cometh and warneth not, Tyme passeth and speketh not.

I look forward to these confrontations with the press to kind of balance up the nice and pleasant things that come to me as president.

Feast of Alban, first Martyr of Britain, c.209 The words "divine service" should be reassigned and no longer used for attending church, but only for good deeds.