The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart: his words were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords.

Visit her, gentle Sleep! with wings of healing, And may this storm be but a mountain-birth, May all the stars hang bright above her dwelling, Silent as though they watched the sleeping Earth!

See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow?

Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother.

Under conditions of tyranny, it is far easier to act than to think.

Unthread the rude eye of rebellion, And welcome home again discarded faith.

Sing away, ay, sing away, Merry little bird Always gayest of the gay, Though a woodland roundelay You ne'er sung not heard; Though your life from youth to age Passes is a narrow cage.

When all is done, there is no such error or heresy, nothing so fundamentally opposed to religion, as a wicked life.

Action based on reason, action therefore which is only to be understood by reason, knows only one end, the greatest pleasure of the acting individual.

Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.

The greatest potential for control the ends to exist at the point where action takes place.

A night-cap deck'd his brows instead of bay, A cap by night,--a stocking all the day.

There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.

Nothing encourages creativity like the chance to fall flat on one's face.

Only if we can restrain ourselves is good conversation possible. Good talk rises upon much discipline.

Our supplies of natural resources are not finite in any economic sense. Nor does past experience give reason to expect natural resources to become more scarce. Rather, if history is any guide, natural resources will progressively become less costly, hence less scarce, and will constitute a smaller proportion of our expenses in future years.

"Do you believe in life after death?" the boss asked one of his employees. "Yes, Sir." the new recruit replied. "Well, then, that makes everything just fine," the boss went on. "After you left early yesterday to go to your grandmother's funeral, she stopped in to see you.".

Sign on a church bulletin board: Planning to go to Heaven? Get your flight training here.

Life is a roller coaster.You can either scream every time you hit a bump or you can throw your hands up in the air and enjoy it.

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.