Thou can'st not die. Here thou art more than safe Where every book is thy epitaph.

If I had no sense of humor, I would long ago have committed suicide.

Indecision is debilitating, it feeds upon itself, it is, one might almost say, habit forming. Not only that, but it is contagious, it transmits itself to others.

Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion.

Goodwill is the one and only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.

Beauty is not diminished by being shared.

A book is the only immortality.

The more productive people are, the more governments can tax and confiscate. So the more productive people are, the more costly it is for governments to kill them. Evidence indicates that governments respond to this economic incentive.

History is nothing but a pack of tricks that we play on the dead.

What riches give us let us then inquire: Meat, fire, and clothes. What more? Meat, clothes, and fire. Is this too little?

A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.

Seek but provision of bread and wine, fools to flatter, and clothing fine; and nothing of God shall ever be thine.

The world is run by C students.

After finding no qualified candidates for the position of principal, the school board is extremely pleased to announce the appointment of David Steele to the post.

you get nothing for free.

A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.

Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739 Whoso goes seeking God and seeking aught with God does not find God; but he who seeks God by himself in truth does not find God alone: all God affords he finds, as well as God. Art thou looking for God, seeking God with a view to thy personal good, thy personal profit? Then in truth thou art not seeking God.

Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.

Be ready when opportunity comes. Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet.

It's so hard when I have to, And so easy when I want to.