I am an ass indeed; you may prove it by my long ears. I have served him from the hour of my nativity to this instant, and have nothing at his hands for my service but blows. When I am cold, he heats me with beating; when I am warm, he cools me with beating.

The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The man that lives by hope, will die by despair.".

What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.

Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark, what discord follows! each thing meets In mere oppugnancy. -Troilus and Cressida. Act i. Sc. 3.

Everywhere in life, the true question is not what we gain, but what we do.

Goths tend to be rather pacifistic, so to associate all Goths with violence because some of them are into heavy metal music is illogical. It makes just as much sense to reason like this: some nuns like soccer; violence sometimes occurs at soccer matches; therefore, nuns tend to be violent.

A cult is a religion with no political power.

Thought is the blossom, language the bud, action the fruit behind it.

The gold-barr'd butterflies to and from And over the waterside wander'd and wove As heedless and idle as clouds that rove And drift by the peaks of perpetual snow. - Joaquin Miller ,

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

Among the crooked lanes, on every hedge, The glow-worm lights his gem; and through the dark, A moving radiance twinkles.

Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect.

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we need in public is less quantity and more quality.

How much of human life is lost in waiting.

I am ready to meet my maker, but whether my maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.

It is dainty to be sick if you have leisure and convenience for it.

Many a young lady does not realize just how strong her love for a young man is until he fails to pass the approval test with her parents.

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.

There's none so blind as they that won't see.