Some men think the Earth is round, others think it flat; it is a matter capable of question. But, if it is flat, will the King's command make it round? And, if it is round, will the King's command flatten it?

If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly. And we'd live like animals or angels in the happy land that /needs/ no heroes. But since in fact we see that avarice, anger, envy, pride, sloth, lust and stupidity commonly profit far beyond humility, chastity, fortitude, justice and thought, and have to choose, to be human at all... why then perhaps we /must/ stand fast a little --even at the risk of being heroes.

I wish we could all have good luck, all the time! I wish we had wings! I wish rain water was beer!

Death comes for us all. Even for kings he comes.

A belief is not merely an idea the mind possesses; it is an idea that possesses the mind.

I am used to hear bad men misuse the name of God, yet God exists.

Your taste in music is excellent. It exactly coinsides with my own!