The best argument is that which seems merely an explanation.

You will find that silence or very gentle words are the most exquisite revenge for insult.

Even though I was their captive, the Indians allowed me quite a bit of freedom. I could walk freely, make my own meals, and even hurl large rocks at their heads. It was only later that I discovered that they were not Indians at all but only dirty-clothes hampers.

My worst day of vacation has always been better than my best day at work.

At some glad moment was it nature's choice To dower a scrap of sunset with a voice?

Pain is no evil unless it conquers us.

Where more is meant than meets the ear.

Deciding not to choose is still making a choice.

So glistered the dire Snake, and into fraud Led Eve, our credulous mother, to the Tree Of Prohibition, root of all our woe.

Master, if you do, expect spoon-meat, or bespeak a long spoon.

Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.

Friendship without self-interest is one of the rare and beautiful things of life.

The welcome news is in the letter found; The carrier's not commission'd to expound; It speaks itself, and what it does contain, In all things needful to be known is plain.

The blood more stirs To rouse a lion than to start a hare! -King Henry IV. Part I. Act i. Sc. 3.

It is right for him who asks forgiveness for his offenses to grant it to others.

The foolish and the dead alone never change their opinions.

After the day there cometh the derke night; For though the day be never so longe, At last the belles ringeth to evensonge.

It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation.

A good coach will make his players see what they can be rather than what they are.

Feast of Matthew, Apostle & Evangelist The law of Christ, which it is our duty to fulfill, is the bearing of the cross. Thus the call to follow Christ always means a call to share the work of forgiving men their sins. Forgiveness is the Christlike suffering which it is the Christian's duty to bear.