Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.
If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?
Ask a deeply religious Christian if he?d rather live next to a bearded Muslim that may or may not be plotting a terror attack, or an atheist that may or may not show him how to set up a wireless network in his house. On the scale of prejudice, atheists don?t seem so bad lately.
Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
There are plenty of good five-cent cigars in the country. The trouble is they cost a quarter. What this country needs is a good five-cent nickel.
A moment later, I caught my breath, but I didn't say anything.
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.