The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself.
Let others either envy or pity me; I care not, so long as I enjoy myself.
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.
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.
Every day is a little life, and our whole life is but a day repeated. Therefore live every day as if it would be the last. Those that dare lose a day, are dangerously prodigal; those that dare misspend it are desperate.
When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want?
I don’t want to scare the guests with a big old guard dog,” Tara protested. “Safety is far more important than worrying about what anyone else thinks,” Sawyer told her. “You’re right, of course. ” Tara looked at her sisters. “We’ll think about both an alarm and a dog. ” “We can borrow Izzy from Jax,” Maddie said. “Sure,” Tara said. “And she can lick the next bad guy to death.
I won a scholarship with the Brixton School of Building. I screwed around, not putting in a proper attendance.
High school is a dark place; I hung out with ‘freaks. ’