"But" is a fence over which few leap.

A hedge between keeps friendship green.

who has never tasted what is bitter does not know what is sweet..

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.

If God were not willing to forgive sin, heaven would be empty

There is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing.

Charity sees the need, not the cause.

It's the whole not the detail that matters.

God gives the nuts but he does not crack them.

You have to take it as it happens but you should try to make it happen the way you want to take it.

Never give advice unless asked.

The age can be impressed. Anything will be accepted by men if you will but preach it with tremendous enthusiasm, emotion, persuasionnergy and living earnestness.

Shake a bridle over a Yorkshireman's grave and he'll rise and steal a horse.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Give me a place to stand, and a lever long enough, and I will move the world.

I suspected economics was irredeemable as a policy tool for citizens groups. I saw economics lead its practitioners and citizens alike into a form of brain-damaging indoctrination.

Friar! What a strange name. I don't remember having created such a thing!

If you know the North, you know where the South is; if you know the darkness, you know where the light is! Evil is an excellent compass for the good!

Oh, I can't play soccer, and I'm not a great swimmer. I won't drown, but you won't see me doing laps in a pool.

Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Can't you see for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you - unless you actually fail the test?

A true friend sees the first tear, catches the second an stops the third.