Sickness is poor-spirited, and cannot serve anyone; it must husband its resources to live. But health or fullness answers its own ends, and has to spare, runs over, and inundates the neighborhoods and creeks of other men's necessities. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Tears are the silent language of grief. ~Voltaire, A Philosophical Dictionary
Here's to alcohol, the cause of - and solution to - all life's problems. ~The Simpsons by Matt Groening, spoken by the character Homer Simpson
People may doubt what you say, but they will believe what you do. ~Lewis Cass
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine. ~Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book
I am reminded of a colleague who reiterated "all my homosexual patients are quite sick" - to which I finally replied "so are all my heterosexual patients." ~Ernest van den Haag, psychotherapist
He is every other inch a gentleman. ~Rebecca West
Hope is like a road in the country; there was never a road, but when many people walk on it, the road comes into existence. ~Lin Yutang
A good aphorism is too hard for the tooth of time, and is not worn away with the centuries, although it serves as food for every speech. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
But, logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities. ~Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany, "Weeds & Moss," My Ireland
There is no greater difference between men than between grateful and ungrateful people. ~R.H. Blyth
In the moment of our creation we receive the stamp of our individuality; and much of life is spent in rubbing off or defacing the impression. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. ~Thomas Jefferson, Notes on Virginia
The informality of family life is a blessed condition that allows us to become our best while looking our worst. ~Marge Kennedy
I may not be different, but I'm definitely not the same. ~William J. Dybus
The man who has won millions at the cost of his conscience is a failure. ~B.C. Forbes
In the old days, it was not called the Holiday Season; the Christians called it 'Christmas' and went to church; the Jews called it 'Hanukkah' and went to synagogue; the atheists went to parties and drank. People passing each other on the street would say 'Merry Christmas!' or 'Happy Hanukkah!' or (to the atheists) 'Look out for the wall!' ~Dave Barry, "Christmas Shopping: A Survivor's Guide"
In youth we
learn; in age we understand. ~Marie Ebner-Eschenbach
Sometimes we make love with our eyes. Sometimes we make love with our hands. Sometimes we make love with our bodies. Always we make love with our hearts. ~Author Unknown
One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks. ~Jack Penn
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. ~Henry David Thoreau, Walden
If we don't go crazy once in a while, we'll all go crazy. ~Hawkeye, "Bulletin Board," original airdate 14 January 1975, written by Larry Gelbart, directed by Alan Alda
How can the Church be received as a trustworthy guide in the invisible, which falls into so many errors in the visible? ~John W. Draper
Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume. ~Jean de Boufflers
