Under the wide and starry sky, Dig the grave and let me lie.
A good marriage would be between a blind wife and a deaf husband.
No doctor takes pleasure in the health even of his friends.
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
When you recover or discover something that nourishes your soul and brings joy, care enough about yourself to make room for it in your life.
What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight - it's the size of the fight in the dog.
Only a stomach that rarely feels hungry scorns common things.
Villon, our sad bad glad mad brother's name.
They also serve who only stand and wait.
We are all worms, but I do believe that I am a glow-worm.
For the night Shows stars and women in a better light.
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for the day.
God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Saying "yes" to yourself means acknowledging what you have that's good and working on the things that aren't.
Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.
To put one's trust in God is only a longer way of saying that one will chance it.
It is arrogance to expect that life will always be music.... Harmony, like a following breeze at sea, is the exception. In a world where most things wind up broken or lost, our lot is to tack and tune.
America... an economic system prouder of the distribution of its products than of the products themselves.
Dirksen's Three Laws of Politics: 1. Get elected. 2. Get re-elected. 3. Don't get mad, get even.