Labor is life! 'Tis the still water faileth; Idleness ever despaireth, bewaileth; Keep the watch wound, for the dark rust assaileth.
The lion is ashamed, it's true, when he hunts with the fox.
The true value of man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get to the Truth. It is not possession of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectability is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent and proud. If God were to hold all Truth concealed in his right hand, and in his left only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with the proviso that I would always and forever err in the process, and to offer me the choice, I would with all humility take the left hand.
For me the greatest beauty always lies in the greatest clarity.
Nature meant woman to be her masterpiece.
To look forward to pleasure is also a pleasure.
Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.
The grave is Heaven's golden gate, And rich and poor around it wait; O Shepherdess of England's fold, Behold this gate of pearl and gold!
Put a knife in your shirt, get close to an Israeli occupier and stab him.
Hell has been described as a pocket edition of Chicago.
We pledge to fight the dark forces high in the counsels of the Republican Party which have made political capital out of the techniques of character assassination by innuendo.