To those we love best we say the least

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

Wedlock is a padlock.

He that preaches war is the devil's chaplain.

Listeners ne'er hear good of themselves.

He is wise that can make a friend of a foe.

Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.

He that uses many words for explaining any subject, doth, like the cuttlefish, hide himself for the most part in his own ink.

Good words cool more than cold water.

Where love fails we espy all faults.

We can fill our lives with ‘stuff, ’ but as we do we’re concurrently filling our lives with the obligation to maintain that ‘stuff.

Writers fly with imaginary wings.

Happiness is a small and unworthy goal for something as big and fancy as a whole lifetime and should be taken in small doses.

I beg people not to accept the seasonal ritual of well-timed charity on Christmas Eve. It's blasphemy.

Everybody has heard that family dinner is great for kids. But unfortunately, it doesn't work in many of our lives.

But there is no joy in Mudville - mighty Casey has "struck out."

What does not kill you will make you stronger and more cynical.

He who denies his heritage, has no heritage

Change without continuity is chaos. Continuity without change is sloth-and very risky.

As our bodies live upon the earth and find sustenance in the fruits which it produces, so our minds feed on the same truths as the intelligible and immutable substance of the divine Word contains.