A clergyman is one who feels himself called upon to live without working at the expense of the rascals who work to live.

Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination.

If you want to know who controls you, look at who you are not allowed to criticize.

It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong.

The mirror is a worthless invention. The only way to truly see yourself is in the reflection of someone else's eyes.

Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake.

Many are destined to reason wrongly; others, not to reason at all; and others, to persecute those who do reason.

Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her: but once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game.

The most important decision you make is to be in a good mood.

Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.

The more often a stupidity is repeated, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.

I think when you're in a relationship where you really care for the other person, when they achieve their dreams it's better than when you do yourself.

One thing you can rely on is that there will always be uncertainty.

The best physician is also a philosopher.

Philadelphia is the most pecksniffian of American cities, and thus probably leads the world.

You can't sit on the lid of progress. If you do, you will be blown to pieces.

Ours is the Spirit of the Eucharist, the total Gift of Self.

When you can't be sure of anything else in this crapped- on world, you have to be sure of yourself.

The original answer defines certain conditions. Anything else is a different question.

For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular.

Thirty millions, mostly fools.