A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.

Whatever is good to know is difficult to learn.

He that cannot endure the bad will not live to see the good.

Nothing will content him who is not content with a little.

Better the friend we can see than the money we cannot.

It is better in times of need to have a friend rather than money.

In times of difficulty friendship is on trial.

The beginning is half of every action.

If deeds are wanting all words appear mere vanity and emptiness.

Gray hair is a sign of age not of wisdom.

He who would be happy should stay at home.

There may come a day when internet comments sections are deemed, for the good of humanity and the sanity of civilization in general, to be a form of biohazard or metaphysical catastrophe.

Whoever moves into a community has a vested interest in it.

I gave her my heart but she wanted my soul.

Let us join our efforts toward building the unshakable foundations for a culture of peace.

John Kerry told Tom Ridge he was too busy to receive a Homeland Security briefing. I thought that was odd, since you're not supposed to ignore terrorist threats until after you become president.

Nothing can be done about it: every master has but a single pupil--and he will not stay loyal to him--for he is also destined to become a master.

Presence is a result of confidence. Presence... when we see it we feel it.

Guess what - I am one of the ONLY senators in the whole United States Senate that is computer literate!

If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college.

Progress in human affairs is more often a pull than a push, a surging forward of the exceptional man, and the lifting of his duller brethren slowly and painfully to his vantage-ground.