There is a mixture of evil in everything we do; indulgence encourages us to encroach, while we Crabbe exercise the rights of children, we become childish.

Variety's the very spice of life, That gives it all its flavor.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

...So let us welcome peaceful evening in.

An idler is a watch that wants both hands; As useless if it goes as when it stands.

Grief is itself a medicine.

How various his employments whom the world Calls idle; and who justly in return Esteems that busy world an idler too!

Knowledge and wisdom, far from being one, Have oft-times no connection. Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own.

God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform. He plants his footsteps in the sea, and rides upon the storm.

I pity them greatly, but I must be mum, for how could we do without sugar and rum?

Who loves a garden loves a greenhouse too.

To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell.

There were happy days, with watermelon, and sad days of whiskey.

She didn‟t look like the athletic type to me.” “Maybe Nemov carried her. He looked like he could.” “He looked like he could carry his SUV. I don‟t know why he didn‟t.

Yes, Daisy. Feel it, ” he murmured against her mouth. “Feel what’s in my heart for you.” His hand slipped under the covers...

Every life has a measure of sorrow, and sometimes this is what awakens us.

I was the last girl in Larchmont, NY to get married. My mother had a sign up: "Last Girl Before Freeway."

In the bureaucratic machine of socialism the way toward promotion is not achievement but the favor of the superiors.

The lord giveth and most women piss it away. Perhaps this is why they lack the equipment to aim.

God is never too late, nor too early, but just on time.

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so contemptible as the public that buys their books.