Whoever keeps an open ear For tattlers will be sure to hear The trumpet of contention.

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.

I will not fear for you are ever with me and you will never leave me to face my perils alone.

There's nothing more stressful than your stomach growling.

I think that sometimes quitting is exactly the right thing to do. Quitting something that's not working requires self-awareness and courage.

Among fifty percent of your married couples, the husband worries very little about what his wife is doing, provided she is doing all he wishes.

There are other men, and other lives, and time still to be.

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.

It is the duty of all teachers, and of teachers of mathematics in particular, to expose their students to problems much more than to facts.

A lot of brainless unicorns swaggering about and calling themselves educated just because they can push each other off a horse with a bit of a stick! It makes me tired.

Only when you combine sound intellect with emotional discipline do you get rational behavior.