The greatest men May ask a foolish question, now and then.

Midas, they say, possessed the art of old; Of turning whatsoe'er he touch'd to gold; This modern statesmen can reverse with ease - Touch them with gold, they'll turn to what you please.

Every gift, though it be small, is in reality great if given with affection.

Enjoy thy stream, O harmless fish; And when an angler for his dish, Through gluttony's vile sin, Attempts, the wretch, to pull thee out, God give thee strength, O gentle trout, To pull the rascal in!

People may have too much of a good thing: Full as an egg of wisdom thus I sing.

It is money makes the mare to trot.

What rage for fame attends both great and small! Better be damned than mentioned not at all.

The turnpike road to people's hearts, I find, Lies through their mouths or I mistake mankind.

To wear long faces, just as if our Maker, The God of goodness, was an undertaker.

Some one has said of a fine and honorable old age, that it was the childhood of immortality.

No, let the monarch's bags and others hold The flattering, mighty, nay, al-mighty gold.

Man's memory shapesIts own Eden within

Though I walk through the valley of death I will fear no evil, for I am the evilest motherfucker in the valley

Some people do drugs, I buy shoes!

In a well-functioning democracy, citizens have the option of voting their political masters out of office. Not so in most companies.

If this is the best God can do, I'm not impressed.

I'd known since about eleven that I wanted to live in America.

There's nothing more rewarding or important than to be involved in God's work of redemption.

Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America's heart, her benedictions and her prayers.

[David] Muir tried four or five times to get a straight answer about [Donald] Trump's idiotic claim that 3-5 million noncitizens voted, and Trump just flatly wouldn't engage.

Before you promise to change the world, it makes sense to do the hard work of changing your neighborhood.