We bear our shades about us; self-deprived Of other screen, the thin umbrella spread, And range an Indian waste without a tree.

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.

Without self-discipline, your streams of grace become a flood of disgrace. Never let indiscipline weigh you down for critics to pick mockeries on.

The great cancer facing all of us during this ‘new millennium’ is entitlement.

Whether you look for the good or look for the bad in a person, you'll find it." A. Lincoln

Without the ice, the earth will fall

The truth is that I know very few novelists who have been satisfied with the adaptation of their books for the screen.

If you give a hacker a new toy, the first thing he'll do is take it apart to figure out how it works.

President Obama told the Irish people that America will always stand by them, to which Israel laughed.

I think just being a '90s kid - I was not a Backstreet Boys girl, I was definitely into NSYNC.

Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.

What are the stars but points in the body of God where we insert the healing needles of our terror and longing?