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Virtue is the only true nobility.
Virtue is the only true nobility.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not what ships are built for.
If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.
If I've learned anything in the past quarter century, it is that we
cannot federalize virtue.
The fates lead him who will-him who won't they drag.
The fates lead him who will-him who won't they drag.
A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with
doubts, and are patient in read more
If we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts; but if we begin with
doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a
function.
Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a
function.
When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am always
tempted to ask, "Compared to what?".
When I hear somebody sigh that "Life is hard," I am always
tempted to ask, "Compared to what?".