I Samuel Quotes
Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.
In my head there are several windows, that I do know, but perhaps it is always the same one, open variously on the parading universe.
What if you slept? And what if, in your sleep, you went to heaven and there plucked a strange and beautiful flower? And what if,when you awoke,you had the flower in your hand? Ah, what then?
I was supposed to be a doctor. I was supposed to go to Princeton. And everything I was supposed to do I didn't.
I have a lot more energy than I used to have. I sleep better. I like the way I look in my clothes better. I don’t cramp as much. I exercise better. I think my circulation has gotten better.
Art has nothing to do with clarity, does not dabble in the clear and does not make clear
He who made all men hath made the truths necessary to human happiness obvious to all. Our forefathers opened the Bible to all.
I thank God that I have lived to see my country independent and free. She may long enjoy her independence and freedom if she will. It depends on her virtue.
The problem isn't to learn to love humanity, but to learn to love those members of it who happen to be at hand.
The unoccupied fields of the world must have their Calvary before they have their Pentecost.
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
Confusion and impotence are the inevitable results when the wisdom and resources of the world are substituted for the presence and power of the Spirit.
Ninety percent of the art of living consists of getting along with people you cannot stand.
People know about the Klan and the overt racism, but the killing of one's soul little by little, day after day, is a lot worse than someone coming in your house and lynching you.
To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!
Lexicographer: a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.
Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.
Theist and atheist: The fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.
Beauty, sweet love, is like the morning dew, Whose short refresh upon tender green, Cheers for a time, but till the sun doth show And straight is gone, as it had never been.
The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
Our little time of suffering is not worthy of our first night's welcome home to Heaven.
Men of genius are rarely much annoyed by the company of vulgar people, because they have a power of looking at such persons as objects of amusement of another race altogether.
Humbly to ask a favour of people who are on the point of knocking your brains out sometimes produces good results.
Christianity is not a theory or speculation, but a life; not a philosophy of life, but a life and a living process.
Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons labouring under ill-health.
The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.... There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
It is the just doom of laziness and gluttony to be inactive without ease and drowsy without tranquility.
Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment.
My price is five dollars for a miniature on ivory, and I have engaged three or four at that price. My price for profiles is one dollar, and everybody is willing to engage me at that price