Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.

Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic
genius.

Humor has justly been regarded as the finest perfection of poetic
genius.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, read more

Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.

Many people think that history is a dull subject. Dull? Is it 'dull' that Jesse James once got bitten on read more

Many people think that history is a dull subject. Dull? Is it 'dull' that Jesse James once got bitten on the forehead by an ant, and at first it didn't seem like anything, but then the bite got worse and worse, so he went to a doctor in town, and the secretary told him to wait, so he sat down and waited, and waited, and waited, and waited, and then finally he got to see the doctor, and the doctor put some salve on it? You call that dull?

Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.

Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.