A fashion is merely a form of ugliness so unbearable that we are compelled to alter it every six months.

We always weaken whatever we exaggerate.

Out spoke the victor then, As he hail'd them o'er the wave, Ye are brothers! ye are men! And we conquer but to save; So peace instead of death let us bring; But yield, proud foe, let us bring; With the crews, at England's feet, And make submission meet To our King.

Black cat or white cat, it's a good cat that catches the mice.

With that malignant envy which turns pale, And sickens, even if a friend prevail.

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.

The world's history is constant, like the laws of nature, and simple, like the souls of men. The same conditions continually produce the same results.

The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of nations.

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

My living in Yorkshire was so far out of the way, that it was actually twelve miles from a lemon.

The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.

When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content.

Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.

O, brothers! let us leave the shame and sin Of taking vainly in a plaintive mood, The holy name of Grief--holy herein, That, by the grief of One, came all our good.

His shortcoming is his long staying.

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The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.

Feast of Columba, Abbot of Iona, Missionary, 597 Commemoration of Ephrem of Syria, Deacon, Hymnographer, Teacher, 373 Then are we servants of God, then are we the disciples of Christ, when we do what is commanded us and because it is commanded us.

Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.

An injury graves itself in metal, but a benefit writes itself in water.