One of the odd things about middle age...was the strange decisions a man discovers he’s made by not really making them.

What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words?

You can't possibly judge your ability to control something until you've experienced the extremes of its capabilities. Do you understand?

To his surprise he...discovered that it was possible to be good at what you had little interest in, just as it had been possible to be bad at something…that you cared about a great deal.

Miles smiled. "Can you keep a secret?"Bea snorted. "Did I tell you what you were in for if you married my daughter?""No, " Miles conceded."Well, then, " she said, as if that settled the matter.

If the exercise of power of internal taxation by the Union should be discovered on experiment to be really inconvenient, the federal government may then forbear the use of it . . .

Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things

I've come to understand that life is best lived, not conceptualized.

when pain is to be born, a little courage helps more than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than much courage, and the least tincture of the love of God more than all.

Frenchman: Germans with good food.

The Red Sox are a religion. Every year we re-enact the agony and the temptation in the Garden. Baseball child's play? Hell, up here in Boston it's a passion play.

Don't get stressed over the little things and make sure you're enjoying life to the fullest.

Praise to our Father-God, High praise in solemn lay, Alike for what His hand hath given, And what it takes away.

How easy it is to be compassionate when it's yourself you see in trouble.

A lifetime without Love is of no account Love is the Water of Life Drink it down with heart and soul!