"Then here goes another," says he, "to make sure, For there's luck in odd numbers," says Rory O'More.

Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.

The crooked end obedient spirits draws, The pointed, those rebels who spurn at Christian laws.

He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news.

'Tis an old saying, the Devil lurks behind the cross. All is not gold that glitters. From the tail of the plough, Bamba was made King of Spain; and from his silks and riches was Rodrigo cast to be devoured by the snakes.

All violence, all that is dreary and repels, is not power, but the absence of power.

He's gone, and who knows how may he report Thy words by adding fuel to the flame?

Reason is the main resource of man in his struggle for survival.

Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.

We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.

A thousand trills and quivering sounds In airy circles o'er us fly, Till, wafted by a gentle breeze, They faint and languish by degrees, And at a distance die.

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation . . . . A stereotyped but unconscious despair is concealed even under what are called the games and amusements of mankind.

Do you wonder for what reason, Theodorus, notwithstanding your frequent requests and importunities, I have never presented you with my works? I have an excellent reason; it is lest you should present me with yours.

Surely there must be some way to find a husband or, for that matter, merely an escort, without sacrificing one's privacy, self-respect, and interior decorating scheme. For example, men could be imported from the developing countries, many parts of which are suffering from a man excess, at least in relation to local food supply.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground.

And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish. And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.

Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river, and the heaven, And veils the farmhouse at the garden's end. The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed In a tumultuous privacy of storm.