If the lion knew his own strength, hard were it for any man to rule him.

It is naturally given to all men to esteem their own inventions best.

Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power.

Food is an implement of magic, and only the most coldhearted rationalist could squeeze the juices of life out of it and make it bland. In a true sense, a cookbook is the best source of psychological advice and the kitchen the first choice of room for a therapy of the world.

Lord, give me a sense of humor so that I may take some happiness from this life and share it with others.

And peradventure we have more cause to thank Him for our loss than for our winning; for His wisdom better seeth what is good for us than we do ourselves.

They have no lawyers among them, for they consider them as a sort of people whose profession it is to disguise matters.