Life is as the current spark on the miner's wheel of flints; While it spinneth, there is light; stop it, all is darkness.

Naples sitteth by the sea, keystone of an arch of azure.

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Let the misanthrope shun men and abjure; the most are rather lovable than hateful.

A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.

God, from a beautiful necessity, is Love.

Ridicule is a weak weapon when pointed at a strong mind; but common people are cowards and dread an empty laugh.

Search out the wisdom of nature, there is depth in all her doings; she seemeth prodigal of power, yet her rules are the maxims of frugality.

To despond is to lie ungrateful beforehand. Be not looking for evil. Often thou drainest the gall of fear while evil is passing by thy dwelling.

A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.

Deep is the sea, and deep is hell, but pride mineth deeper; it is coiled as a poisonous worm about the foundations of the soul.

When you decide to become consistent, you are telling yourself that 'I will never make another excuse again.' You have to commit to it, and most importantly believe in yourself.

He would much rather hear a piano being demolished by illegal bulldozers than a Mozart concerto

In the distorting mirror of your mind, an angel can seem to have a devil's face.

The funny thing about life is, there's nothing better to do than live it.

If the poor, for example, because they are more in number, divide among themselves the property of the rich,- is not this unjust? . . this law of confiscation clearly cannot be just.

No more hard work than look beautiful with eight in the morning until midnight.

I am not the first person to give birth naturally. Billions of other women have come before me and have done this - so why can't I do it?

It's not right for one friend to do all the giving and the other to do all the taking: that's not real friendship.

When will American men learn how to stand up to the nagging by the intolerant, uncivil feminists whose sport is to humiliate men?

The Church must be intelligible to the simple as well as to the shrewd.