The present joys of life we doubly taste by looking back with pleasure on the past

The present joys of life we doubly taste by looking back with pleasure on the past

It will give us a chance to get better markets up here because there's more demand for the corn and read more

It will give us a chance to get better markets up here because there's more demand for the corn and more uses.

Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is read more

Whoever is admitted or sought for, in company, upon any other account than that of his merit and manners, is never respected there, but only made use of. We will have such-a-one, for he sings prettily; we will invite such-a-one to a ball, for he dances well; we will have such-a-one at supper, for he is always joking and laughing; we will ask another because he plays deep at all games, or because he can drink a great deal. These are all vilifying distinctions, mortifying preferences, and exclude all ideas of esteem and regard. Whoever is had (as it is called) in company for the sake of any one thing singly, is singly that thing, and will never be considered in any other light; consequently never respected, let his merits be what they will.

I always thought there was gonna be one more solution, one more last minute investor, just one more little nibble. read more

I always thought there was gonna be one more solution, one more last minute investor, just one more little nibble. It wasn't meant to be.

Others, like many of us, like ""the good Germans"" of another era, turn our heads away from this human rights read more

Others, like many of us, like ""the good Germans"" of another era, turn our heads away from this human rights catastrophe against, in turn, another 'despised' minority: the Palestinian people. Their resistance to brutal ethnic cleansing is, ironically, labeled ""anti-Semitic.""

The gas situation is a concern. But we'll meet our obligations. If the gas prices remain high, as I said, read more

The gas situation is a concern. But we'll meet our obligations. If the gas prices remain high, as I said, we may have to look at canceling a trip or cutting the schedule down by a couple of games for next season.

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into read more

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.

Spiders are relatively high in protein, but they tickle.

Spiders are relatively high in protein, but they tickle.

We soon believe the things we would believe.

We soon believe the things we would believe.