A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

Man alone contains within himself as many species as exist on earth.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

The more estimable the offender, the greater the torment.

Conscience is the frame of character, love is the covering for it.

Takeadvantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think aboutwhat else it might be.

In God we trust; all others pay cash.

Girls .. . were allowed to play in the house . . . and boys were sent outdoors. . .Boys ran around in the yard with toy guns going kksshh-kksshh,fighting wars for made-up reasons and arguing about whowas dead, while girls stayed inside and played with dol

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.

The lion and the calf shall lie down together, but the calf won't get much sleep.

A shipin harbor is safe, but that is not what ships arebuilt for.