I never go black tie. I never grew up wearing ties or bow ties or anything.
There is no right faith in believing what is true, unless we believe it because it is true.
It is also important to guard against mistaking for good-nature what is properly good-humor,--a cheerful flow of spirits and easy temper not readily annoyed, which is compatible with great selfishness.
All gaming, since it implies a desire to profit at the expense of another, involves a breach of the tenth commandment.
Those who relish the study of character may profit by the reading of good works of fiction, the product of well-established authors.
It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them; but on the contrary, men have dived for them because they fetch a high price.
Falsehood, like the dry-rot, flourishes the more in proportion as air and light are excluded.
You can't conquer a free man; the most you can do is kill him.
. . . trying to control construction costs is like trying to control the cost of a hospital stay. You may not realize that when you sneeze and the nurse hands you a box of tissues, it generates a $5 charge on your bill. But you still have to pay.
If Moses is our lawgiver [Old Testament prophet given laws by God] at this time let us obey him, not in part only, but wholly, and put every Sabbath breaker, blasphemer, and adulterer to death.
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.