A scout is a boy who dresses like a schmuck. A scoutmaster is a schmuck who dresses like a boy.
The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.
Faith sees the invisible believes the incredible and receives the impossible.
No one keeps up his enthusiasm automatically. Enthusiasm must be nourished with new actions new aspirations new efforts new vision. Compete with yourself set your teeth and dive into the job of br...
No one in this world needs a mink coat but a mink.
Letter home from college boy: "There are 370 boys here - I wish there were 369."
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.
Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
A diplomat is a man who remembers a lady's birthday but forgets her age.
The devil was sick the devil a monk would be The devil was well the devil a monk was he.
Death is terrible to Cicero desirable to Cato and indifferent to Socrates.
The man who sees both sides of an issue is very likely on the fence or up a tree.
Paul said I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus a city in Cilicia a citizen of no mean city.
I exhort you to be of good cheer.
The man whose conscience never troubles him must have it pretty well trained.
All things are subject to change and we change with them. (Omnia mutantur nos et mutamur in illis.)
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.
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
Trouble brings experience and experience brings wisdom.
The man who has done nothing but wait for his ship to come in has already missed the boat.