Practical prayer is harder on the soles of your shoes than on the knees of your trousers.

Civilization sails prettily like a child's rubber balloon until it hits a sharp object; then it is likely to collapse like the balloon.

Those who cook up stories will get into hot water.

Some men, like a wet dog, sprinkle a shower of advice over you when you are least prepared for a bath.

Every April God rewrites the book of Genesis.

Those who have suffered are best able to help those who are suffering.

An Englishmen thinks seated; a Frenchmen standing; an American pacing, an Irishman, afterwards.