It sounds extraordinary but it’s a fact that balance sheets can make fascinating reading.

Feast of John, Apostle & Evangelist This is true Christian resignation to God, which requires no more to the support of it than such a plain assurance of the goodness of God as Abraham had of His veracity. And if you ask yourself what greater reason Abraham had to depend upon the Divine veracity than you have to depend upon the Divine goodness, you will find that none can be given.

On dit que dans ses amours Il fut caresse des belles, Qui le suivirent toujours, Tant qu'il marcha devant elles.

Tact consists in knowing how far to go too far.

Babylon in all its desolation is a sight not so awful as that of the human mind in ruins.

To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.

We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.

Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe and aren't even aware of.

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

Her tongue will not obey her heart, nor can Her heart inform her tongue--the swan's down-feather That stands upon the swell at full of tide, And neither way inclines.

Off with his head! -King Richard III. Act iii. Sc. 4.

Science is not a sacred cow. Science is a horse. Don't worship it. Feed it.

Style is not neutral; it gives moral directions.

If we do meet again, we'll smile indeed; If not, 'tis true this parting was well made.

Faith is a continuation of reason.

The only good bureaucrat is one with a pistol at his head. Put it in his hand and it's good-by to the Bill of Rights.

Many of the products which create a modern standard of living are only the physical incorporations of ideas- not only the ideas of an Edison or a Ford but the ideas of innumerable anonymous people who figure out the design of supermarkets, the location of gasoline stations, and the million mundane things on which our material well-being depends. Societies which have more people carrying out physical acts and fewer people supplying ideas do not have higher standards of living. Quite the contrary.

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.

Your heart's desires be with you! -As You Like It. Act i. Sc. 2.

In oratory the will must predominate.