Doubtless the pleasure is as great Of being cheated as to cheat.

Is not this a lamentable thing, that of the skin of an innocent lamb should be made parchment? that parchment, being scribbled o'er, should undo a man? Some say the bee stings, but I say 'tis the bee's wax; for I did but seal once to a thing, and I was never mind own man since.

Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

April, April, Laugh thy girlish laughter, Then, the moment after, Weep thy girlish tears!

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

Some men are born to feast, and not to fight; Whose sluggish minds, e'en in fair honor's field, Still on their dinner turn-- Let such pot-boiling varlets stay at home, And wield a flesh-hook rather than a sword.

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

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

Genius is an infinite capacity for taking life by the scruff of the neck.

Love is blind; friendship closes its eyes.

Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force: Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined.

His shortcoming is his long staying.

A friend was in front of me coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands. He grabbed my friend by the hand and pulled him aside. The pastor said, "You need to join the Army of the Lord!" My friend said, "I'm already in the Army of the Lord, Pastor." Pastor questioned, "How come I don't see you except at Christmas and Easter?" He whispered back, "I'm in the secret service.".

The trick is growing up without growing old.

The wages of sin is death. Repent before payday.

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

This day is called the feast of Crispian: He that outlives this day and comes safe home, Will stand a tip-toe when this day is named, And rouse him at the name of Crispian. -King Henry V. Act iv. Sc. 3.

Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.

Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age.