I consider the proper education of our youths one of the most important objects now to be attained and one from which the greatest benefits may be expected.
Fortune may have yet a better success in reserve for you and they who lose today may win tomorrow.
To crooked eyes truth may wear a wry face
Experience is an asset of which no worker can be cheated, no matter how selfish or greedy his immediate employer may be.
All dwarfs may be bastards yet not all bastards are dwarfs.
Wit may do very well for a mistress, but [I] should prefer reason for a wife.
No matter how good or great a man may be, there is yet a better and a greater man within him.
and what might seem to be a series of unfortunate events may in fact be the first steps of a journey.
Without goals our efforts may be scattered and unproductive.
We are witnessing the death of abundance and the borning of austerity, for what may be a long, long time.
The boldness of asking deep questions may require unforeseen flexibility if we are to accept the answers.
Ron Paul may be the wackiest candidate in the GOP field. But for pure, blind stupidity, nobody beats Santorum. In my 20 years in the Senate, I never met a dumber member, which he reminded me of today.
It is better to obey the mysterious direction, without any fuss, when it points to a new road, however strange that road may be. There is probably as much reason for it, if the truth were known, as for anything else.
The fact is I am growing old too fast, alas! I feel it, and yet work I will, and may God grant me life to see the last plate of my mammoth work finished.
I have concluded the evident existence of God, and that my existence depends entirely on God in all the moments of my life, that I do not think that the human spirit may know anything with greater evidence and certitude.
I want to welcome folks to poetry, especially those who may have previously felt unwelcome; I want to celebrate everyone who is trying to make sense of this world through poetry the way I try to.
Be brave and upright that God may love thee; speak the truth always, even if it leads to your death; safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath.
You may have heard of me.
A virtuous and industrious people may be cheaply governed.
Fancy and humour, early and constantly indulged in, may expect an old age overrun with follies.