The greatest firmness is the greatest mercy.

Softly the evening came /with the sunset/.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Behind the clouds is the sun still shining.

Into each life some rain must fall.

The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

My soul is full of longing for the secret of the sea

It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong.

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad.

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of the mind.

Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.

I tweet from bed. I love it because it's so quick. And it's funny. But it also leaves a lot of room for error because new people don't sense the sarcasm - there's no sarcasm font.

The tedious and convoluted reasoning behind the Supreme Court's ongoing project to expunge all references to God from the public domain.

Order is heaven's first law. Order is earth's first law, too.

Without access to true chaos, we'll never have true peace. Unless everything can get worse, it won't get any better.

America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shinning sea!

Anyone that dares begrudge what I have today, just better get off their duff and do something about it.

Play is the exultation of the possible.

What is government but theft by consent?

Mental rehab is way tougher than the physical part... [You think] I'm tired of doing the same thing [exercising] all day. It's tough, but you've got to overcome it.