They make much of our drinking, but never think of our thirst.

Truth is fire, and to speak the truth means to shine and to burn

Each time thou wishest to decide upon performing some enterprise, raise the eyes to heaven, pray God to bless thy project; if thou canst make that prayer, accomplish thy work.

The greatest poem is not that which is most skillfully constructed, but that in which there is the most poetry.

But one on earth is better than the wife; that is the mother.

But what is a dream, Conor O'Malley? Who is to say that it is not everything else that is the dream?

Evidently one endures anything, provided one has a goal.

If we take the president of GM, they'll make us pay to give him back." (said by a kidnapper)

The nearer the dawnthe darker the night.

if you rest at work, you will work at rest

The older I grow, the more I find myself alone.

I actually had the urge to elbow an elderly lady today.

There are two kinds of sorry. There is the sorry imbued with regret. And a pure sorry. The kind that is merely asking for forgiveness, nothing more.

Fear only become powerful when you give it your power.

No stops are ever inserted in Acts of Parliament, or in deeds; but the Courts of law, in construing them, must read them with such stops as will give effect to the whole.