Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you.
Good things come in small packages.
Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool
Familiarity breeds contempt.
We should use our judgment before coming to a decision.
Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
In a crisis, give help first and then advice.
Learning how to love your neighbor requires a willingness to draw on the strength of Jesus Christ as you die to self and live for Him. Living in this manner allows you to practice biblical love for others in spite of adverse circumstances or your feelings to the contrary.
By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.
Oxford, in those days, was still a city of aquatint. In her spacious and quiet streets men walked and spoke as they had done in Newman's day; her autumnal mists, her grey springtime, and the rare glory of her summer days - such as that day - when the chestnut was in flower and the bells rang out high and clear over her gables and cupolas, exhaled the soft airs of centuries of youth. It was this cloistral hush which gave our laughter its resonance, and carried it still, joyously, over the intervening clamour.
It was wrong if there was a man suffering altitude problems and was huddled under a rock, just to lift your hat, say 'good morning' and pass on by, he said. Human life is far more important than just getting to the top of a mountain.