I have play'd the fool, the gross fool, to believe The bosom of a friend will hold a secret Mine own could not contain.

To doubt is worse than to have lost; And to despair is but to antedate those miseries that must fall on us.

A willing mind makes a hard journey easy.

Malice scorned, puts out itself; but argued, give a kind of credit to a false accusation.

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

It is true fortitude to stand firm against All shocks of fate, when cowards faint and die In fear to suffer more calamity.

How sweetly sounds the voice of a good woman! It is so seldom heard that, when it speaks,it ravishes all senses.

Giants in Their promises, but those obtained, weak pigmies In their performance.

He is not valiant that dares lie; but he that boldly bears calamity.

Thou art figured blind, and yet we borrow our best sight from thee.

Creativity & innovation is to events, what the heart & soul is to the living

Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind.

Want to get your kids to read more? Try making books easily accessible. Put them where kids can easily reach and don't make them off limits. (within reason)

I face every project the same way - do it right and give 110%. 100% isn't good enough.

So scared of getting older I'm only good at being young So I play the numbers game to find a way to say that life has just begun.

One cannot be able in life by fearing to live.

A crown is a pitiless master, harsher than the staff of a pig-keeper; while a staff bears up, a crown weighs down, beyond the strength of any man to wear it lightly.

Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

it is a curious subject of observation and inquiry, whether hatred and love be not the same thing at bottom.

There's a good sense of fun and lack of sarcasm in the Texans, maybe a little earnestness which is kind of why I found it quite Australian.