By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers. -King Richard III. Act v. Sc. 3.

If the nose of Cleopatra had been shorter, the whole face of the earth would have been changed.

Anger is seldom without an argument but seldom with a good one.

There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual.

If you haven't all the things you want, be grateful for the things you don't have that you wouldn't want.

Then I cast loose my buff coat, each halter let fall, Shook off both my jack-boots, let go belt and all, Stood up in the stirrup, leaned, patted his ear, Called my Roland his pet name, my horse without peer; Clapped my hands, laughed and sang, any noise bad or good, 'Til at length into Aix Roland galloped and stood.

For April sobs while these are so glad April weeps while these are so gay,-- Weeps like a tired child who had, Playing with flowers, lost its way.

Oh goodie, goth mimes. The best of both worlds. They pretend they're trapped in a box and then whine about how cruel and unfair it is.

There was false propaganda by the administration that there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that Al Qaeda was connected to Saddam Hussein.

Humanity has only scratched the surface of its real potential.

Nobody with me at sea but myself.

He who holds the hook is aware in what waters many fish are swimming.

Luck is a loser's excuse for a winner's position!

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place.

Smile when it hurts most.

if you expect to soar with the eagles during the day, you can't hoot with the owls at night.

Commemoration of Bartolomè de las Casas, Apostle to the Indies, 1566 God hath work to do in this world; and to desert it because of its difficulties and entanglements, is to cast off His authority. It is not enough that we be just, that we be righteous, and walk with God in holiness; but we must also serve our generation, as David did before he fell asleep. God hath a work to do; and not to help Him is to oppose Him.

Calamity is virtue's opportunity.