A Court has no right to strain the law because it causes hardship.

Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of men is but an aphorism.

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

There is one art of which people should be masters - the art of reflection.

Humor is consistent with pathos, whilst wit is not.

A great mind must be androgynous.

In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree: Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea.

That gracious thing, made up of tears and light.

The love of a mother is the veil of a softer light between the heart and the heavenly Father.

Religion is the most gentlemanly thing in the world. It alone will gentilize, if unmixed with cant.

Poor little Foal of an oppressed race! I love the languid patience of thy face.

Don’t let a day go by without asking who you are…each time you let a new ingredient to enter your awareness.

Everyone who loves risks losing their heart every minute of every day.

The best direction is the least possible direction.

Man can live about forty days without food about three days without water about eight minutes without air ... but only for one second without hope.

I began raising chickens primarily for their eggs, but over the years, I've also grown fond of caring for them and learning about their many different breeds and varieties.

Only then, approaching my fortieth birthday, I made philosophy my life's work.

Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within.

The strategy of winning is gaining personal power. There are no techniques to learn that will cause you to win. You need power, balance and wisdom to win and to learn from your loses.

For one heat, all know, doth drive out another, One passion doth expel another still.

When you hire good people, and you provide good jobs and good wages and a career, good things are going to happen.