You cannot sell the cow and sup the milk.
A brave arm makes a short sword long.
Respectability: the offspring of a liaison between a bald head and a bank account.
texan starting eternity: I never dreamed heaven would be so much like Texas. companion: Who said this was heaven?
A small town is usually divided by a railroad a main street two churches and a lot of opinions.
Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it the tree is the real thing.
Society can only pursue its normal course by means of a certain progression of changes.
All things are subject to change and we change with them. (Omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis.)
Ding dong bell Pussy's in the well Who put her in? Little Tommy Green. Who pulled her out? Little Johnny Stout.
Live together like brothers and do business like strangers.
No one leads the orchestra without turning his back on the crowd.
Never build after you are five and forty have five years' income in hand before you lay a brick and always calculate the expense at double the estimate.
Combine common sense and the Golden Rule and you will have very little bad luck.
When I think of my dad as a little boy I tend to think of him in black and white.
Born on Monday fair in the face Born on Tuesday full of God's grace Born on Wednesday sour and sad Born on Thursday merry and glad Born on Friday worthily given
Resistance causes pain and lethargy. It is when we practice acceptance that new possibilities appear.
Assist your Muslim brother, whether he be an oppressor or oppressed. "Bu how shall we doit when he is an oppressor?" enquired a companion. Muhammad replied, "Assisting an oppressor by forbidding and w...
Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.
Angels do not enter a house where there is a dog.
The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.