The Ass and His Purchaser A MAN wished to purchase an Ass, and agreed with its owner that he should try out the animal before he bought him. He took the Ass home and put him in the straw-yard with his other Asses, upon which the new animal left all the others and at once joined the one that was most idle and the greatest eater of them all. Seeing this, the man put a halter on him and led him back to his owner. On being asked how, in so short a time, he could have made a trial of him, he answered, I do not need a trial, I know that he will be just the same as the one he chose for his companion. A man is known by the company he keeps.

Only a few industrious Scots perhaps, who indeed are dispersed over the face of the whole earth. But as for them, there are no greater friends to Englishmen and England, when they are out on't, in the world, than they are. And for my own part, I would a hundred thousand of them were there for we are all one countrymen now, ye know, and we should find ten times more comfort of them there than we do here.

If I can only be with you in my dreams, then I want to sleep forever.

Commemoration of Richard Meux Benson, Founder of the Society of St John the Evangelist, 1915 Our critical day is not the very day of our death, but the whole course of our life; I thank him, that prays for me when my bell tolls; but I thank him much more, that catechizes me, or preaches to me, or instructs me how to live.

Happiness is being married to your best friend.

Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the nature of evil and very little about human beings.

Hebe's here, May is here! The air is fresh and sunny; And the miser-bees are busy Hoarding golden honey.

The Ass and the Old Shepherd A SHEPHERD, watching his Ass feeding in a meadow, was alarmed all of a sudden by the cries of the enemy. He appealed to the Ass to fly with him, lest they should both be captured, but the animal lazily replied, Why should I, pray? Do you think it likely the conqueror will place on me two sets of panniers?' No, rejoined the Shepherd. Then, said the Ass, as long as I carry the panniers, what matters it to me whom I serve?' In a change of government the poor change nothing beyond the name of their master.

Two aged men, that had been foes for life, Met by a grave, and wept - and in those tears They washed away the memory of their strife; Then wept again the loss of all those years.

He not busy being born is busy dying.

A generous heart repairs a slanderous tongue.

Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly, they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.

The older I get, the older old is.

C is for cookie, it's good enough for me; oh cookie cookie cookie starts with C.

There is no necessary connection between the desire to lead and the ability to lead, and even less the ability to lead somewhere that will be to the advantage of the led….

No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.

His Christianity was muscular.

The only thing that's been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.

Conjecture as to things useful, is good; but conjecture as to what it would be useless to know, is very idle.

To speak kindly does not hurt the tongue.