People want the front of the bus; back of the church and centre of attention.

The real problem is what to do with the problem solvers after the problems are solved.

Husbands are awkward things to deal with; even keeping them in hot water will not make them tender.

Just as war is more the absence of love than the presence of hate, and darkness is the absence of light, a negative attitude is the absence of a positive one.

If solid happiness we prize, Within our breast this jewel lies, And they are fools who roam; The world has nothing to bestow, From our own selves our bliss must flow, And that dear hut,--our home.

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

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Far from our eyes th' Enchanting Objects set, Advantage by the friendly Distance get.

The glowing Ruby should adorn Those who in warm July are born, Then will they be exempt and free From love's doubt and anxiety.

In the stress of modern life, how little room is left for that most comfortable vanity that whispers in our ears that failures are not fault!

How often in the summer-tide, His graver business set aside, His stripling Will, the thoughtful-eyed As to the pipe of Pan, Stepped blithesomely with lover's pride Across the fields to Anne.

I wish outer space guys would conquer the Earth and make people their pets, because I'd like to have one of those little beds with my name on it.

I would 't were bedtime, Hal, and all well. -King Henry IV. Part I. Act v. Sc. 1.

One suggestion with a spark of truth is worth a hundred repetitions of sound platitudes.

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date.

To God I speak Spanish, to women Italian, to men French, and to my horse--German.

The idea of "conviction" is complex. It involves the conceptions of authoritative examination, of unquestionable proof, of decisive judgment, of punitive power. Whatever the final issue may be, he who "convicts" another must place the truth of the case in a clear light before him, so that it must be seen and acknowledged as truth. He who then rejects the conclusion which the exposition involves, rejects it with his eyes open and at his peril. Truth seen as truth carries with it condemnation to all who refuse to welcome it.

It would be superfluous in me to point out to your Lordship that this is war.

He is of the race of the mushroom; he covers himself altogether with his head.

The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong.