I really love that dynamic between beauty and sadness. . . theres always these moments of quiet alienation, the sense of disconnect, but also, these moments of possibility.
A handful of good life is better than a bushel of learning.
Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.
He that hath not the craft, let him shut up shop.
A discontented man knowes not where to sit easie.
He that commits a fault, thinkes every one speakes of it. [He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it. ]
Thou who hast given so much to me, give me one more thing. . . a grateful heart!
One never feels such distaste for one's countrymen and countrywomen as when one meets them abroad.
My girlfriend says that I thrash throughout the night, for longer periods than are generally accepted as corresponding to REM sleep, and she often has to move to the couch to get any sort of rest before she goes to work in the morning.
People used to wear ordinary clothes weekdays, and formal attire on Sunday. Today it is the exact reverse.
It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.