Every change of place becomes a delight.

In the School of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar,-- O, they fish with all nets In the School of Coquettes! When her brooch she forgets 'Tis to show her new collar; In the School of Coquettes Madam Rose is a scholar!

Our birth is nothing but our death begun, As tapers waste the moment they take fire.

A friend is one who knows us, but loves us anyway.

If you seek, how is that different from pursuing sound and form? If you don't seek, how are you different from earth, wood, or stone? You must seek without seeking.

Man's capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.

Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.

Pretty much all the honest truth telling there is in the world is done by children.

For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes that they had taken: And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth, thou shalt catch men.

To brand man with infamy, and let him free, is an absurdity that peoples our forests with assassins.

Think? Why think! We have computers to do that for us.

He that is not with me is against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.

Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.

Abstinence and fasting cure many a complaint.

And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

Cease trying to work everything out with your minds. It will get you nowhere. Live by intuition and inspiration and let your whole life be a revelation.

If we are to live together in peace, we must come to know each other better.

A young man's ambition is to get along in the world and make a place for himself-half your life goes that way, till you're 45 or 50. Then, if you're lucky, you make terms with life, you get released. -Robert Penn Warren.

For I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.

The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.