Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.

Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire for service will steadily grow stronger, and will make, not only our own happiness, but that of the world at large.

But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.

Some knowledge and some song and some beauty must be kept for those days before the world again plunges into darkness.

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

The still small voice is wanted.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.

The secret to film is that it's an illusion.

A Sunday School teacher asked her class why Joseph and Mary took Jesus with them to Jerusalem.A small child replied: "They couldn't get a baby-sitter.".

There are, of course, several things in Ontario that are more dangerous than wolves. For instance, the step-ladder.

As good be out of the World as out of the Fashion.

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke of the imagination.

Things orbidden have a secret charm.

Good temper is one of the greatest preservers of the features.

The only way to be free is to limit yourself.

Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another.

As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job.

Honesty is a word that is hardly ever spoken Deceit is a word that makes hearts broken Love is a word spoken many, many times Hate is a word that brings out prejudiced crimes Trying is a word actions taken that are confusing Giving-up is a word not or winning but of losing Beginning is a word that means a new start Forever is a word that doesn't play its part Breeze is a word talking about the wind Fresh is a word telling how to begin.

We must be as courteous to a man as we are to a picture, which we are willing to give the advantage of a good light.

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.