Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed.

The time to begin most things is ten years ago. -Mignon McLaughlin.

You can close your eyes to reality, but not to memories.

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when they hear us praised by others, will ascribe it to sinister and interested motives if they can.

I trust in Nature for the stable laws Of beauty and utility. Spring shall plant And Autumn garner to the end of time. I trust in God--the right shall be the right And other than the wrong, while he endures; I trust in my own soul, that can perceive The outward and the inward, Nature's good And God's.

I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.

It is a perplexing and unpleasant truth that when men already have "something worth fighting for," they do not feel like fighting.

Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.

Pointing out the comic elements of a situation can bring a sense of proportion and perspective to what might otherwise seem an overwhelming problem.

I'm going to send the injured reserve players out for the toss next time.

Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud. I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace.

In the fight between you and the world, back the world.

If your house is really a mess and a stranger comes to the door greet him with, "Who could have done this? we have no enemies.".

My peace is gone, my heart is heavy.

With wealth you can live in comfort.With drive you can make a comfortable living.With peace of mind, you can be comfortable in living.

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.

The wages of sin are sables.

The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.

Halloo your name to the reverberate hills, And make the babbling gossip of the air Cry out. -Twelfth Night. Act i. Sc. 5.

he has the hops ( jumping ability ).