Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.

A honest man is seldom a vagrant.

I know not what treason is, if sapping and betraying the liberties of a people be not treason.

Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.

Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.

Consider it the greatest of all virtues to restrain the tongue.

I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.

Blessed be they as virtuous, who when they feel their virile members swollen with lust, visit a brothel rather than grind at some husband's private mill.

In doing nothing men learn to do evil.

Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.

For some people there is no comfort without pain. Thus; we define salvation through suffering. Hence, why we choose people who we know aren't right for ourselves.

I am the brightest light beaming from the darkest depths. A dichotomy, i am . . . illumination.

Let us respect gray hairs especially our own.

If 'everything happens for a reason,' then every act of evil is ultimately God's doing.

My first memory is of the brightness of light — light all around.

No smile is as beautiful as the one that struggles through tears.

Between the monster and the fool there are many people who walk the middle path with a dog at their heels, their lives enriched by giving the dog a dog's life.

Life was a fool's errand, carrying news to the worms.

Land surveying has been a positive influence on my life, and I'd encourage anyone who hasn't considered it to give it a chance!

An exceptional company is the one that gets all the little details right.

Turn to the light. Don't fear the shadow it creates.