Art, as far as it is able, follow nature, as a pupil imitates his master; thus your art must be, as it were, God's grandchild.

If the secret sorrows of everyone could be read on their forehead, how many who now cause envy would suddenly become the objects of pity.

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost.

Rough Johnson, the great moralist.

It snowed and snowed, the whole world over, Snow swept the world from end to end. A candle burned on the table; A candle burned.

What goes up must come down. Ask any system administrator.

They serve God well, Who serve his creatures.

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem .

Most writers regard truth as their most valuable possession, and therefore are most economical in its use.

In politics nothing is contemptible.

Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.

With the possible exception of the equator, everything begins somewhere.

Thou wilt never be spiritually minded and godly unless thou art silent concerning other men's matters and take full heed to thyself.

A police recruit was asked during the exam, "What would you do if you had to arrest your own mother?" He said, "Call for backup.".

That passage is what I call the sublime dashed to pieces by cutting too close with the fiery four-in-hand round the corner of nonsense.

There are many victories worse than a defeat.

There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.

The essentials of poetry are rhythm, dance, and the human voice.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

Reason is a supple nymph, and slippery as a fish by nature. She had as leave give her kiss to an absurdity any day, as to syllogistic truth. The absurdity may turn out truer.