Blasphemy is a victimless crime.

Even the smallest candle burns brighter in the dark.

Sometimes it costs more to do nothing than to do something.

Night is a stealthy, evil Raven, Wrapt to the eyes in his black wings.

Keep a cow, and the milk won't have to be watered but once.

It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me. But it can keep him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.

And let our barks across the pathless flood Hold different courses.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

You progress not through what has been done, but reaching towards what has yet to be done.

Abou Ben Adhem Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And say, within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel, writing in a book of gold; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said-- "What writest thou?" The Vision raised its head, And, with a look made all of sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord."

Oh to have a lodge in some vast wilderness. Where rumors of oppression and deceit, of unsuccessful and successful wars may never reach me anymore.

Our lives are not in the lap of the gods, but in the lap of our cooks. - The Importance of Living, 1937.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie, Which we ascribe to Heaven. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 1.

Up from the sea, the wild north wind is blowing Under the sky's gray arch; Smiling I watch the shaken elm boughs, knowing It is the wind of March.

If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

In America only the successful writer is important, in France all writers are important, in England no writer is important, and in Australia you have to explain what a writer is.

Fatigue is the best pillow.

. . . what is human and the same about the males and females classified as Homo sapiens is much greater than the differences.

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity.