Voyager upon life's sea:-- To yourself be true, And whate'er you lot may be, Paddle your own canoe.

The crack-brained bobolink courts his crazy mate, Poised on a bulrush tipsy with his weight.

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.

Humor is something that thrives between man's aspirations and his limitations. There is more logic in humor than in anything else. Because, you see, humor is truth.

Guilt is perhaps the most painful companion of death.

The Thirsty Pigeon A pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signboard. Not supposing it to be only a picture, she flew towards it with a loud whir and unwittingly dashed against the signboard, jarring herself terribly. Having broken her wings by the blow, she fell to the ground, and was caught by one of the bystanders. Zeal should not outrun discretion.

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.

O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know.

I don't pay good wages because I have a lot of money; I have a lot of money because I pay good wages.

"In innocence there is no strength against evil," said Sparrowhawk, a little wryly. "But there is strength in it for good."

Feast of the Holy Cross When scientists are honest, as most of them are, they are well aware of the fact that their competence in science does not give them a clue to the problem of how their science should be used in the service of man. The sensitive visitor to the mesas of Los Alamos is almost sure to meditate on the experience of that gifted man, Klaus Fuchs. Though his work in the laboratories was outstanding, his decision concerning the use of what he knew was disastrous. What if, in addition to his scientific competence, the younger Fuchs had shared something of the Christian conviction of his father, Emil Fuchs? Much of the subsequent history of our earth might then have been different.

Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science.

As the long hours do pass away, So doth the life of man decay.

I shall be an autocrat: that's my trade. And the good Lord will forgive me: that's his.

The sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite.

Commitment becomes hysterical when those who have nothing to give advocate generosity, and those who have nothing to give up preach renunciation.

That what will come, and must come, shall come well.

Men seldom make passes At girls who wear glasses.

Diamonds are forever. E-mail comes close.

Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission.