Temperance is moderation in the things that are good and total abstinence from the things that are foul.

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

Accept a miracle; instead of wit,-- See two dull lines by Stanhope's pencil writ.

No book was ever written down by any but itself.

You led our sons across the haunted flood, Into the Canaan of their high desire-- No milk and honey there, but tears and blood Flowed where the hosts of evil trod in fire, And left a worse than desert where they passed.

As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is part of the main ... Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

If I had my way I'd make health catching instead of disease.

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.

In a pond koi can reach lengths of eighteen inches. Amazingly, when placed in a lake, koi can grow to three feet long. The metaphor is obvious. You are limited by how you see the world.

Prejudice squints when it looks and lies when it talks.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

Indecision is fatal. It is better to make a wrong decision than build up a habit of indecision. If you're wallowing in indecision, you certainty can't act - and action is the basis of success.

Our elections are free, it's in the results where eventually we pay.

He wants nothing of a god but eternity and a heaven to throne in.

An Irishman's heart is nothing but his imagination.

A partial world will list to my lays, While Anna reigns, and sets a female name Unrival'd in the glorious lists of fame.

Marry, he must have a long spoon that must eat with the devil.

We've been together now for forty years, An' it don't seem a day too much; There ain't a lady livin' in the land As I'd swop for my dear old Dutch.