No man is above the law, and no man is below it.

People in the computer industry use the term 'user,' which to them means 'idiot.'.

Wickedness is a myth invented by good people to account for the curious attraction of others.

He allows very readily, that the eyes and footsteps of the master are things most salutary to the land.

Change is a measure of time and, in the autumn, time seems speeded up. What was is not and never again will be; what is is change.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel.

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

Ho! stand to your glasses steady! 'Tis all we have left to prize. A cup to the dead already,-- Hurrah for the next that dies.

I suspect that hunger was my mother.

Take care what you say before a wall, as you cannot tell who may be behind it.

Some maladies are rich and precious and only to be acquired by the right of inheritance or purchased with gold. - Nathaniel Hawthorne,

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide.

Nothing is ever lost by courtesy. It is the cheapest of the pleasures costs nothing and conveys much. It pleases him who gives and him who receives, and thus, like mercy, it is twice blessed.

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. -As You Like It. Act v. Sc. 1.

There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men.

Of mankind in general, the parts are greater than the whole.

I can do something else besides stuff a ball through a hoop. My biggest resource is my mind.

To sanction Vice, and hunt Decorum down.

I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is setting a specific goal. This enables you to keep your mind focused on your goal and off the many obstacles that will arise when you're striving to do your best.