For a long time it seemed to me that real life was about to begin, but there was always some obstacle in the way. Something had to be got through first, some unfinished business; time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.

A fox should not be of the jury at a goose's trial.

Resolve and thou art free.

I go to the chair of government with feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.

O world, how apt the poor are to be proud.

Rule #1: Don't sweat the small stuff. Rule #2: It's all small stuff.

We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give.

Teach me to live that I may dread The grace as little as my bed.

Acquaintance without patience is like a candle with no light.

She is absolutely inadmissible into society. Many a woman has a past, but I am told that she has at least a dozen, and that they all fit.

For morality life is a war, and the service of the highest is a sort of cosmic patriotism which also calls for volunteers.

The Mountain in Labor A mountain was once greatly agitated. Loud groans and noises were heard, and crowds of people came from all parts to see what was the matter. While they were assembled in anxious expectation of some terrible calamity, out came a Mouse. Don't make much ado about nothing.

Now I will show myself To have more of the serpent than the dove; That is--more knave than fool.

Observe the opportunity.

You satisfy the hungry heart with gift of finest wheat. Now give to us, O saving Lord, the bread of life to eat.

We make war that we may live in peace.

The man who trusts men will make fewer mistakes than he who distrusts them.

From others' slips some profit from one's self to gain.

Peace without justice is tyranny.

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.