A liar did ought to have a good memory.

happiness depends more upon the state of mind - and body, perhaps - than upon circumstances and events.

We cannot bring the good old days back but, if we must eat mass-made foods, get laws passed to insist upon its goodness and purity.

You can lock up from a thief, but you can't from a liar.

Some great poet or philosopher once said that " he who goes to nature for comfort must go to her empty handed " , and I think he was right.

Nature knows no calendar, the seasons move in a circle.

The wife ought to have the first child and the husband the second, then there wouldn't ever be any more.

Unlike most great talkers, the rooks are good workers, too.

What greater restoratives have we poor mortals than a good meal taken in the company of loving friends?

Special qualities are required of the essayist. A poem or a novel may spring from the inner consciousness of an author. Reasoning poers must be brought to reinforce imagination.

Alas! in nature, as in art, we gain only according to our capacity. You cannot put an ocean in a pint pot.

When you try hard to find happiness for other, you will unknowingly find yourself on the island of happiness.

What we do every time we pray is to confess our impotence and God's sovereignty.

It began as research. I wrote of silences, of nights, I scribbled the indescribable. I tied down the vertigo.

An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers.

If you think there is such a thing as an unimportant game, just try losing one.

Beliefs can be roadways or roadblocks. A variety of beliefs can make life interesting and colorful.

When a person is carrying their sin, it can be quite a load...I don't know what else to do with your sin but confess and ask God to forgive it.

What are prophecies? Don't we hear them every day of the week? And if one comes true there may be seven blind and come to nothing.

If you've got time to waste, you might as well waste it listening to people.

It might sound ordinary for a woman to find out her husband's cheating on her, but not if you're the woman and it's your husband.