Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.

Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and read more

Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and eat it, too. - John Heywood's Proverbs, 1546.

You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. read more

You have to believe in God before you can say there are things that man was not meant to know. I don't think there's anything man wasn't meant to know. There are just some stupid things that people shouldn't do.

Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, read more

Knowledge, without common sense, says Lee, is folly; without method, it is waste; without kindness, it is fanaticism; without religion, it is death. But with common sense, it is wisdom with method, it is power; with clarity, it is beneficence; with religion, it is virtue, and life, and peace.

The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for read more

The surprises of thought are like those of love: they wear out. But here too you can carry on for a long time doing your conjugal duty.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.

I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to complain about what you have than it is to read more

I find it unusual that it is more socially acceptable to complain about what you have than it is to ask for what you want.

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.

There is hardly a man on earth who will take advice unless he is certain that it is positively bad.