I tell you this, and I tell you plain: What you have done, you will do again; You will bite your tongue, careful or not, Upon the already-bitten spot.
We catch frightful glimpses of ourselves in the hostile eyes of others.
The best work is done with the heart breaking, or overflowing.
Life is a mixed blessing, which we vainly try to unmix.
Money: in its absence, we are coarse; in its presence, we are vulgar.
I often pray, though I'm not really sure Anyone's listening; and I phrase it carefully, just in case He's literary.