Drink nothing without seeing it sign nothing without reading it.

Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

I don't want the cheese. I just want to get out of the trap.

With bread and wine you can walk your road.

From a fallen tree all make kindling.

You can't have more bugs than a blanketful.

Don't offer me advice give me money.

Never advise anyone to go to war or to marry.

He who fears death cannot enjoy life.

You can't ring the bells and at the same time walk in the procession.

Forgiveness does not mean I approve of or condone what transpired.

Be kind as if life is for love and kindness.

When someone sings his own praises he always gets the tune too high.

Anyone intent on moral clarity might want to find another book and, in fact, might not want to go anywhere near the enduring chasm of race in the United States.

The invention of the printing press was one of the most important events in human history.

Luck, if there is such a thing, is either going to favor everyone equally or going to exhibit a preference for the prepared.

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

Every Chess master was once a beginner

What people often mean by getting rid of conflict is getting rid of diversity, and it is of the utmost importance that these should not be considered the same.

Once a pallid Vestal Doubted truth in blue; Listed red in ruin, Harried every hue; Barricaded vision, Garbed herself in sighs; Ridiculed the birthmarks Of the butterflies.