His father was no man's friend but his own, and he is no man's for else.

As God by creation made two of one, so again by marriage He made one of two.

Grace comes into the soul as the morning sun into the world: there is first a dawning, then a mean light, and at last the sun in his excellent brightness.

That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.

Prevention is so much better than healing because it saves the labor of being sick.

No man more truly loves God than he that is most fearful to offend Him.

A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.

He who reforms himself, has done much toward reforming others; and one reason why the world is not reformed, is, because each would have others make a beginning, and never thinks of himself doing it.

The hypocrite, certainly, is a secret atheist; for if he did believe there was a God, he durst not be so bold as to deceive Him to His face.

He who demands mercy and shows none ruins the bridge over which he himself is to pass.

He who is proud of his knowledge, has gout in the wrong end.

I think that the task of philosophy is not to provide answers, but to show how the way we perceive a problem can be itself part of a problem.

To be an artist was to have failure as your constant bedfellow.

You just have to be open and ready, and let it all happen.

When you first start working, you take whatever job is offered, because you have to build your resume. But you don't think about what you're building.

People do what they are told not to do. It happens time and time again. Here on the frozen tundra, it is known as the Tongue on the Frozen Pump Handle principle.

"Women," he said in disgust. I wasn't sure whether we was referring to me or nuns.

Sometimes love can be so wrong/Like a fat man in a thong.

You've never gone too far that God can't redeem you, restore you, forgive you, and give you a second chance.

You felt it as a depth of ease in certain boys, their innate, affable assurance that they would not have to struggle for a place in the world; that is already reserved for them.