Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.

Thus the fable tells us, that the wren mounted as high as the eagle, by getting upon his back.

Aggression which is flagitious when committed by one, is not sanctioned when committed by a host.

Peace with a club in hand is war.

Work thou not on energized equipment, for if thou dost, thy fellow workers will surely buy beers for thy widow and console her in other ways.

Who gather round, and wonder at the tale Of horrid apparition, tall and ghastly, That walks at dead of night, or takes his stand O'er some new-open'd grave; and, Evanishes at crowing of the cock.

we have (there are?) bigger fish to fry.

For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, To call passengers who go right on their ways: Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant.

I have discovered the whole problem with the National Debt. Most of us work 5 days a week, and the government spends 7.

My wife invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to our six-year-old daughter and said, "Would you like to say the blessing?" I wouldn't know what to say," she replied. "Just say what you hear Mommy say," my wife said. Our daughter bowed her head and said: "Dear Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?".

We are made to persist. That's how we find out who we are.

The best blood will at some time get into a fool or a mosquito.

In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life; it goes on.

There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

They shall knaw a file, and flee unto the mountains of Hepsidam whar the lion roareth and the Wang Doodle mourneth for its first born--ah!

There is no arguing with him, for if his pistol misses fire, he knocks you down with the butt end of it.

We cease loving ourselves if no one loves us.

Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200 Too many Christians still live with crossed fingers, sweating out their good luck as a portent of calamity. To see them, you would never guess that God's good pleasure, and not the goddess of fate, rules human destiny.

The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.

There is no human reason why a child should not admire and emulate his teacher's ability to do sums, rather than the village bum's ability to whittle sticks and smoke cigarettes. The reason why the child does not is plain enough -- the bum has put himself on an equality with him and the teacher has not.