Wickedness comes to its height by degrees. He that dares say of a less sin, Is it not a little one? will ere long say of a greater, Tush, God regards it not!

If we had not winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge -- fitter to bruise than polish.

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant.

Sweet words are like honey, a little may refresh, but too much gluts the stomach.

What to my Saviour shall I giveWho freely hath done this for me?I'll serve him here whilst I shall liveAnd Loue him to Eternity

Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.

Sin and shame ever go together; he that would be freed from the last must be sure to shun the company of the first.

I wish my Sun may never set, but burn.

If ever two were one, then surely we. If ever man were loved by wife, then thee.

That when we live no more, We may live ever

Since then, at an uncertain hour, That agony returns: And till my ghastly tale is told, This heart within me burns.

If fiction and fantasy books are escapism, then let an author write them so as to better equip the reader to face reality by the end.

I can't grow a mustache. It's pretty sad if I attempt to.

As a parent, I'd - I'd be a better father.

Pessimism is carefully cultivated in some intellectual circles, as if it were a precious plant that the human race could not afford to lose.

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth.

It is ok to err, but it is not ok to stop playing; it is ok to lose, but it is not ok to give up.

If only gravity were working, the path would be symmetrical, it is the wind resistance that produces the tragic curve.

America is one long expectoration.

A person never knows their own true face. Everybody thinks that the phoney, posed social mask they wear is their real face.