The more corrupt the State the more numerous the laws.

There is nothing harder than the softness of indifference.

Even the blackest of them all, the crow, Renders good service as your man-at-arms, Crushing the beetle in his coat of mail, And crying havoc on the slug and snail. - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow,

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the non-obvious.

Conceit may puff a man up, but never prop him up. - John Ruskin,

The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking power. This means to foster democratic freedom.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Childhood is that wonderful time of life when all you need do to lose weight is to take a bath.

Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry. Lawrence J. Peter -Henry Beecher.

He seemed a cherub who had lost his way And wandered hither, so his stay With us was short, and 'twas most meet, That he should be no delver in earth's clod, Nor need to pause and cleanse his feet To stand before his God: O blest word--Evermore!

What really matters is what happens in us- not to us.

It is easier for a woman to defend her virtue against men than her reputation against women.

The stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones. Many have fallen by the edge of the sword; but not so many as have fallen by the tongue.

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. -Helen Keller.

When seagulls follow a trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea.

When the waves are round me breaking,As I pace the deck alone,And my eye in vain is seekingSome green leaf to rest upon;What would not I give to wanderWhere my old companions dwell?Absence makes the heart grow fonder,Isle of Beauty, fare thee well! - Paradise Lost.

I would that I were low laid in my grave: I am not worth this coil that 's made for me. -King John. Act ii. Sc. 1.

Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.

The church is the great lost and found department.