Nor is heaven always at peace.

I find that a great part of the information I have was acquired by looking up something and finding something else on the way.

It is difficult to obtain the friendship of a cat. It is a philosophical animal... one that does not place its affections thoughtlessly.

Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.

Fairest and best adorned is she Whose clothing is humility.

Conversation is an exercise of the mind; gossip is merely an exercise of the tongue.

It is important that those who read this book should not try to take an indecent advantage of Catholic self-criticism. When we are willing to bring some honest criticism to our own positions, the lumbering Institution will become a Movement again, and we shall rediscover the Pilgrim Church.

The majority of persons choose their wives with as little prudence as they eat. They see a troll with nothing else to recommend her but a pair of thighs and choice hunkers, and so smart to void their seed that they marry her at once. They imagine they can live in marvelous contentment with handsome feet and ambrosial buttocks. Most men are accredited fools shortly after they leave the womb.

Common sense is what tells us the Earth is flat and the Sun goes around it.

If a leader demonstrates competency, genuine concern for others, and admirable character, people will follow.

If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it.

Our own life is the instrument with which we experiment with the truth. -Thich Nhat Hanh.

The price for independence is often isolation and solitude.

Feeling is deep and still; and the word that floats on the surface Is as the tossing buoy, that betrays where the anchor is hidden.

The last thing one knows is what to put first.

The Wolf and the Crane A WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone. When the Crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: Why, you have surely already had a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf. In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.

Natural abilities can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation, but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural abilities.

Nations have lost their old omnipotence; the patriotic tiedoes not hold. Nations are getting obsolete, we go and live where we will.

O, sorrow! Why dost borrow Heart's lightness from the merriment of May?

One learns to itch where one can scratch.