Grief brims itself and flows away in tears.

My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope.

A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.

Quarrels are the dowry which married folk bring one another.

Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.

Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

Love is no assignment for cowards.

Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all.

The man who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.

Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence.

If you want to be loved, be lovable.

Time expands, then contracts, all in tune with the stirrings of the heart.

Sketchy black van? Weird stalking of my house? What are you going to do next, offer me some candy?

Win the heart with love and win the hate with kindness.

There is no dark, darker than the distorted great light.

It's not a pretty face, I grant you. But underneath its flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.

Everyone lives the way she knows best. What I mean by 'their happiness' is living a life untouched as much as possible by the knowledge that we are really, all of us, alone. That's not a bad thing.

There is a moral and spiritual war for the souls of Americans. And this war must be waged by preaching the Gospel, prayer, and obedience to God's Word.

The possibility that empathy resides in parts of the brain so ancient that we share them with rats should give pause to anyone comparing politicians with those poor, underestimated creatures.

A country that has been through as much as Vietnam has to have some crazy music somewhere.

Peace is not to be purchased by the sacrifice of truth.