Fame is only good for one thing- they will cash your check in a small town.

International arbitration may be defined as the substitution of many burning questions for a smouldering one.

Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren ground. -The Tempest. Act i. Sc. 1.

I have one criticism about the Negro troops who fought under my command in the Korean War. They didn't send me enough of them.

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.

It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband.

In hope to merit Heaven by making earth a Hell.

Whatever you can lose, you should reckon of no account.

Feast of Margaret, Queen of Scotland, Philanthropist, Reformer of the Church, 1093 Commemoration of Edmund Rich of Abingdon, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1240 Exclusive concentration on the criterion of historicity obscures the intent, meaning, and message of the narrative which, after all, are its enduring qualities. If Abraham's migration can no longer be explained as part of a larger Amorite migratory stream from east to west, it should be noted that what has fallen by the wayside is a scholarly hypothesis, not the Biblical text. Genesis itself presents the movement from Haran to Canaan as an individual, unique act undertaken in response to a divine call -- an event, not an incident -- that inaugurates a new and decisive stage in God's plan of history. The factuality or otherwise of this Biblical evaluation lies beyond the scope of scholarly research.

Feast of John of the Cross, Mystic, Poet, Teacher, 1591 He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

Now blooms the lily by the bank, The primrose down the brae; The hawthorn's budding in the glen, The milkwhite is the slae.

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.

I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads.

To be praised by a man who has won his laurels.

Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can.

Painters and poets have equal license in regard to everything.

Waiting are they? Well let'em wait!

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

The way to make the cold winter go fast is to sign a note in October that becomes due in six months.