The lust for comfort, that stealthy thing that enters the house a guest and then becomes a host, and then a master.

It cannot be repeated too often that the safety of great wealth with us lies in obedience to the new version of the Old World axiom--Richesse oblige.

Sin brought death, and death will disappear with the disappearance of sin.

To pile Pelion upon Olympus.

When found, make a note of.

Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.

A crooked log makes a strait fire

Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.

Natural abilities are like natural plants, they need pruning by study.

Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power.

Commemoration of William Morris, Artist, Writer, 1896 Commemoration of George Kennedy Bell, Bishop of Chichester, Ecumenist, Peacemaker, 1958 There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.

Your bottom line starts with your front line.

What Roman power slowly built, an unarmed traitor instantly overthrew.

And prate and preach about what others prove, As if the world and they were hand and glove.

Do you recall that night in June Upon the Danube River; We listened to the landler-tune, We watched the moonbeams quiver.

October's child is born for woe, And life's vicissitudes must know; But lay on Opal on her breast, And hope will lull those woes to rest.

The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.

For every event is a judgment of God.

There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction.

Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.