Men that talk of their own benefits are not believed to talk of them because they have done them, but to have done them because they might talk of them.

A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be.

To speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

The voice so sweet, the words so fair, As some soft chime had stroked the air; And though the sound had parted thence, Still left an echo in the sense.

True happiness consists not in the multitude of friends, but in the worth and choice.

A good man will avoid the spot of any sin. The very aspersion is grievous, which makes him choose his way in his life, as he would in his journey.

There is no greater hell than to be a prisoner of fear.

Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine; Or leave a kiss but in the cup And I'll not look for wine.

Success produces confidence; confidence relaxes industry, and negligence ruins the reputation which accuracy had raised.

We need only to close our eyes and we are back on the Third Line, walking up the lane, through the yard and entering the bright, warm kitchen. We are home again.

They laboriously do nothing.

The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.

Some men are so full of themselves that when they fall in love, they amuse themselves rather with their own passion than with theperson they love.

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

I read books more than I go out.

If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you're going to lose. The only way to really be ahead, is to 'be different'.

Wisdom is founded on memory; happiness on forgetfulness.

The greatest invention in the world is the mind of a child.

Human's can't live in the present as animals do; they just live in the present. But human's are always thinking about the future or the past.