Too many critics mistake the deliberations of the Congress for its decisions.
Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.
We see the judges look like lions, but we do not see who moves them.
Ceremony keeps up things: 'tis like a penny glass to a rich spirit, or some excellent water; without it the water were spilt, and the spirit lost.
Take a straw and throw it up into the air, you may see by that which way the wind is.
Fine wits destroy themselves with their own plots, in meddling with great affairs of state.
No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
The smartest thing I did was to stop going online. I'm the sort of person who will just look for the negative - Michael really can't understand it, but that's just the way I am. And with my bipolar thing, that's poison. So I just stopped. Cold turkey. And it's so liberating.
Of course democracy is good, but it is a process, not a prescription.
I'm certainly not a trained singer. The only place I could probably carry a tune is my shower.
And in my mind, this settles the issue. I would never drink cologne, and am therefore not an alcoholic.