How, frequently, some murder'd man appear'd, To tell his wife and children who had done it.
What fools are we, to be besotted with the love of our own trouble, and to hate our liberty and rest!
Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.
Fools measure actions, after they are done, by the event; wise men beforehand, by the rules of reason and right. The former look to the end, to judge of the act. Let me look to the act, and leave the end with God.
Try to be of some use to others.
Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.
Christian society is like a bundle of sticks laid together, whereof one kindles another. Solitary men have fewest provocations to evil, but, again, fewest incitations to good. So much as doing good is better than not doing evil will I account Christian good-fellowship better than an hermitish and melancholy solitariness.
My mother brought home the accordion in 1942. I was fascinated and wanted to learn to play it. Some of my music has a relationship to dance styles - The Well and the Gentle or The Wanderer for example.
Change is the very nature of nature.
I have no fear that the candle lighted in Palestine years ago will ever be put out.
All I can say is [kids] have turned out to be terrific young women. We were concerned mostly about whether they'd develop an attitude, right?