The strong are God's natural protectors of the weak.

The dog is the god of frolic.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

If there's a job to be done, I always ask the busiest man in my parish to take it on and it gets done.

When flowers are full of heaven-descended dews, they always hang their heads; but men hold theirs the higher the more they receive, getting proud as they get full.

Men have a thousand desires to a bushel of choices.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." I found the following quote by Goethe that can serve as a commentary on these words. "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love." "The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.