Most people would rather die than think: many do.

Jasmine is sweet, and has many loves.

You meet a thousand times in life with those who, in dealing with any religious question, make at once their appeal to reason, and insist on forthwith rejecting aught that lies beyond its sphere -- without, however, being able to render any clear account of the nature and proper limits of the knowledge thus derived, or of the relation in which such knowledge stands to the religious needs of men. I would invite you, therefore, to inquire seriously whether such persons are not really bowing down before an idol of the mind, which, while itself of very questionable worth, demands as much implicit faith from its worshipers as divine revelation itself.

When you're in a slump, it's almost as if you look out at the field and it's one big glove.

... then the world 's mine oyster.

O that men's ears should be To counsel deaf but not to flattery!

Masters, spread yourselves. -A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act i. Sc. 2.

Have patience with all things, but first of all with yourself.

Some people lose their health getting wealth and then lose their wealth gaining health.

Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem... Problems are like landmarks of progress.

Robert of Lincoln is gayly drest, Wearing a bright black wedding-coat; White are his shoulders and white his crest.

Aim for the stars and you'll make it to the moon. Aim for the moon and you'll never make it through the atmosphere.

That low man seeks a little thing to do, Sees it and does it; This high man, with a great thing to pursue, Dies ere he knows it. That low man goes on adding one to one, His hundreds soon hit: His high man, aiming at a million, Misses an unit.

A pill that the present moment is daily bread to thousands.

I will survive.

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

If a man's character is to be abused, say what you will, there's nobody like a relation to do the business.

No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

How shall I speak thee, or thy power address Thou God of our idolatry, the Press. . . . . Like Eden's dead probationary tree, Knowledge of good and evil is from thee.

Let no man value at a little price A virtuous woman's counsel, her wing'd spirit Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.