When one reads Bibles, one is less surprised at what the Deity knows than at what He doesn't know.

How unfortunate and how narrowing a thing it is for a man to have wealth who makes a god of it instead of a servant

It is human life. We are blown upon the world; we float buoyantly upon the summer air a little while, complacently showing off our grace of form and our dainty iridescent colors; then we vanish with a little puff, leaving nothing behind but a memory - and sometimes not even that. I suppose that at those solemn times when we wake in the deeps of the night and reflect, there is not one of us who is not willing to confess that he is really only a soap-bubble, and as little worth the making.

Truth is stranger than fiction-to some people, but I am measurably familiar with it.

Compliments make me vain: & when I am vain, I am insolent & overbearing. It is a pity, too, because I love compliments. I love them even when they are not so. My child, I can live on a good compliment two weeks with nothing else to eat.

Names are not always what they seem. The common Welsh name Bzjxxllwcp is pronounced Jackson.

A reputable lawyer will advise you to keep out of the law, make the best of a foolish bargain, and not get caught again.