My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that colour. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.

A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.

All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.

Some people use one half their ingenuity to get into debt, and the other half to avoid paying it.

O father Abram, what these Christians are, Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect The thoughts of others!

A lie would have no sense unless the truth were felt dangerous.

On the summit see, The seals of office glitter in his eyes, He climbs, he pants, he grasps them! At his heels, Close at his heels, a demagogue ascends, And with a dexterous jerk soon twists him down, And wins them, but to lose them in his turn.

Children are curious and are risk takers. They have lots of courage. They venture out into a world that is immense and dangerous. A child initially trusts life and the processes of life.

A fishmonger's wife may feed of a conger; but a serving-man's wife may starve for hunger.

There is no such thing as an inevitable war. If war comes it will be from failure of human wisdom.

The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races: the men who borrow, and the men who lend.

Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200 We need not despair of any man, so long as he lives. For God deemed it better to bring good out of evil than not to permit evil at all.

There's a lot to be said for the fellow who doesn't say it himself.

And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness: And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.

Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.

Who reasons wisely is not therefore wise; His pride in reasoning, not in acting lies.

My foot is on my native heath, and my name is MacGregor.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.