Happy man be his dole! -The Merry Wives of Windsor. Act iii. Sc. 4.

Prosperity is a great teacher, adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind, privation trains and strengthens it.

He must needs go that the devil drives. -All 's Well that Ends Well. Act i. Sc. 3.

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. The state can be and has often been in the course of history the main source of mischief and disaster.

Thy father's merit sets thee up to view, And shows thee in the fairest point of light, To make thy virtues, or thy faults, conspicuous.

Through ignorance of what is good and what is bad, the life of men is greatly perplexed.

The hatred of those who are near to us is most violent.

God has not cared that we should anywhere have assurance of His very words; and that not merely, perhaps, because of the tendency in His children to word-worship, false logic, and corruption of the truth, but because He would not have them oppressed by words, seeing that words, being human, and therefore but partially capable, could not absolutely contain or express what the Lord meant, and that even He must depend for being understood upon the spirit of His disciple. Seeing that it could not give life, the letter should not be throned with power to kill.

Rich bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some men should be happier than others.

Statistics have shown that mortality increases perceptibly in the military during wartime.

This problem, too, will look simple after it is solved.

It would be the height of absurdity to label ignorance tempered by humility "faith"; for faith consists in the knowledge of God and Christ, not in reverence for the Church.

An isolated outbreak of virginity is a rash on the face of society. It arouses only pity from the married, and embarrassment from the single.

Woo the fair one when around Early birds are singing; When o'er all the fragrant ground Early herbs are springing: When the brookside, bank, and grove All with blossom laden, Shine with beauty, breathe of love, Woo the timid maiden.

Truth is truth To the end of reckoning. -Measure for Measure. Act v. Sc. 1.

When I was a small boy growing up in Kansas, a friend of mine and I went fishing and as we sat there in the warmth of a summer afternoon on a riverbank we talked about what we wanted to do when we grew up. I told him that I wanted to be a real major-league baseball player, a genuine professional like Honus Wagner. My friend said that he'd like to be President of the United States. Neither of us got our wish.

Courage is not the absence of fear.Courage is the precence of fear with the capacity to manage and overcome it.

Olympism is the marriage of sport and culture.

Gamaun is a dainty steed, Strong, black, and of a noble breed, Full of fire, and full of bone, With all his line of fathers known; Fine his nose, his nostrils thin, But blown abroad by the pride within; His mane is like a river flowing, And his eyes like embers glowing In the darkness of the night, And his pace as swift as light.

Men worry over the great number of diseases, while doctors worry over the scarcity of effective remedies.