O Washington! thrice glorious name, What due rewards can man decree-- Empires are far below thy aim, And scepters have no charms for thee; Virtue alone has your regards, And she must be your great reward.

See yonder maker of the dead man's bed, The sexton, hoary-headed chronicle, Of hard, unmeaning face, down which ne'er stole A gentle tear.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

If you saw two guys named Hambone and Flippy, which one would you think liked dolphins the most? I'd say Flippy, wouldn't you? You'd be wrong, though. It's Hambone.

It is sheer madness to live in want in order to be wealthy when you die.

The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.

I don't think you can be a success at anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.

No one ever heard of the truth being enforced by law. Whenever the secular arm is called in to sustain an idea, whether new or old, it is always a bad idea, and not infrequently it is downright idiotic.

Be sure that it is a mistaken devotion which interferes with the duties of your natural state of life.

There is no future in time travel.

Of all the days that's in the week, I dearly love but one day, And that's the day that comes betwixt A Saturday and Monday.

If you still have the courage after loosing all , you can be rest assured that you have not lost everything.

In vain we call old notions fudge And bend our conscience to our dealing. The Ten Commandments will not budge And stealing will continue stealing.

Time is the best teacher; unfortunately it kills all its students!

People who insist on telling their dreams are among the terrors of the breakfast table.

I don't have big anxieties. I wish I did. I'd be much more interesting.

The true beginning of our end. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act v. Sc. 1.

He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

Borrow money from pessimists.They don't expect it back.

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