In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior.

Wit is the clash and reconcilement of incongruities; the meeting of extremes round a corner.

For the friendship of two, the patience of one is required.

Reality is good for you...in small doses.

But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers.

Kill Not. Cause no pain. Mahavira, founder of the Jain religion.

Love worketh no ill to his neighbour; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

Where lurk sweet echoes of the dear homevoices, Each note of which calls like a little sister, Those airs slow, slow ascending, as the smokewreaths Rise from the hearthstones of our native hamlets Cyrano Act 5.

Where grows?--where grows it not? If vain our toil, We ought to blame the culture, not the soil.

When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. God is more there than thou: for thou art there Only by his permission. Then beware, That leads from earth to heaven.

Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.

My dear and old country, here we are once again together faced with a heavy trial.

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.

That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves.

Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.

List--'twas the cuckoo--O, with what delight Heard I that voice! and catch it now, though faint, Far off and faint, and melting into air, Yet not to be mistaken. Hark again! Those louder cries give notice that the bird, Although invisible as Echo's self, Is wheeling hitherward.

the call of a loon across a quiet lake.

I cannot tell how the truth may be; I say the tale as 'twas said to me.

Commemoration of Giles of Provence, Hermit, c.710 I think that most Christians would be better pleased if the Lord did not inquire into their personal affairs too closely. They want Him to save them, to keep them happy, and to take them off to heaven at last, but not to be too inquisitive about their conduct or services.