There is no real religious experience that does not express itself in charity.
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.
A friend is one before whom I may think aloud.
I am in earnest - I will not equivocate - I will not excuse - I will not retreat a single inch and I will be beard.
Among wellborn spirits courage does not depend on age.
Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age; and old men's nurses.
It is not right to exult over slain men.
If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia.
A jest's prosperity lies in the ear Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it.
You don't understand anything until you learn it more than one way.
Nobody who is somebody looks down on anybody.
The lazy are always wanting to do something.
Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance.
I know lots more old drunks than old doctors.
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David, a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up.
Trust your own instinct. Your mistakes might as well be your own, instead of someone else's.
It is impossible to keep a straight face in the presence of one or more kittens.
The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.