I mean your borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

Cards are war, in disguise of a sport.

All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

The greatest pleasure I know, is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.

Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.

I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early.

How some they have died, and some they have left me, And some are taken from me; all are departed; All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

I have had playmates, I have had companions; In my days of childhood, in my joyful school days - All, all are gone, the old familiar faces.

A poor relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature.

How convalescence shrinks a man back to his pristine stature! where is now the space, which he occupied so lately, in his own, in the family's eye?

For God's sake (I never was more serious) don't make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print.

When you've understood this scripture, throw it away. If you can't understand this scripture, throw it away. I insist on your freedom.

If You find yourself in a hole

All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it, I just can't do it.

If you're spending so much time at the gym that your mail is forwarded there, you're not dedicated - you've got a mental disorder.

Life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong and if need be, taken by the strong. The weak were put on earth to give the strong pleasure.

A duck's nest was found today near the trail on the dry open prairie with as far as could be seen no water or marsh near. The bird flew off but could not tell what species. The eggs nine originally.

You're never without hope, because you're never without prayer.

Allah is too big and open for my deen to be small and closed.

If there were any people safe to criticize, they'd be politicians and child molesters, doncha think?

For a time during the early settlement of this country peace and goodwill prevailed, only to be followed later by violent and relentless warfare.