Time is Too Slow for those who Wait, Too Swift for those who Fear, Too Long for those who Grieve, Too Short for those who Rejoice; But for those who Love, Time is not. - Henry Jackson van Dyke,

A wise person has something to say, a fool has to say something.

Good judgment comes from bad experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.

And yonder sits a maiden, The fairest of the fair, With gold in her garment glittering, And she combs her golden hair.

Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.

When Fannius from his foe did fly Himself with his own hands he slew; Who e'er a greater madness knew? Life to destroy for fear to die.

The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction. -Michael Faraday.

Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.

If A equal success, then the formula is A equals X plus Y and Z, with X being work, Y play, and Z keeping your mouth shut.

'Tis easy enough to be pleasant, When life flows along like a song; But the man worth while is the one who will smile When everything does dead wrong; For the test of the heart is trouble, And it always comes with the years, But the smile that is worth the praise of earth Is the smile that comes through tears. . . . . But the virtue that conquers passion, And the sorrow that hides in a smile-- It is these that are worth the homage of earth, For we find them but once in a while.

Autumn arrives in the early morning, but spring at the close of a winter day.

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.

Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by their understandings.

We can do anything we want, if we stick to it long enough.

If you don't know where you're going how do you expect to get there.

The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and beget.

You can't be a Real Country unless you have a BEER and an airline. It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a BEER

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

That from small fires comes oft no small mishap.