Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge fitter to bruise than to polish.

If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.

Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.

What to my Saviour shall I giveWho freely hath done this for me?I'll serve him here whilst I shall liveAnd Loue him to Eternity

Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.

Sin and shame ever go together; he that would be freed from the last must be sure to shun the company of the first.

I wish my Sun may never set, but burn.

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.

That when we live no more, We may live ever

We work hard to believe that our actions really don’t affect others all that much because we want the license to act without thinking all that much.

I prefer a story to a prayer.

Live in a way that would not leave us regretting after so many years on earth.

It's as though a smile is ageless, or perhaps eternal, independent of the decay and collapse of the surrounding features.

Her forehead was a maze of anxious little grooves, from a lifetime of wondering about whether everyone within range was OK.

Today everything exists to end in a photograph.

Stress and sleep deprivation had a funny way of liberating the mind from previously held truisms, replacing them with a more compliant desperation.

If a person seeks after the knowledge of God, he will certainly be a conqueror.

I receive a lot of letters on tour, and read about a lot of people hurting.

It's important to make a great first impression, so make sure to hold on to your damn weave.