We dare not trust our wit for making our house pleasant to our friend, so we buy ice cream. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Category: Guests
Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing. – William Cowper Category: Guests
Most successful men have not achieved their distinction by having some new talent or opportunity that was at hand. – Bruce Barton Category: Opportunity
Learning preserves the errors of the past, as well as its wisdom. For this reason, dictionaries are public dangers, although they are necessities. – Alfred North Whitehead Category: Language
A resilient people cherishing liberty and equality and the rule of law will endure. – Nick Rahall Category: Equality
We must learn to tailor our concepts to fit reality, instead of trying to stuff reality into our concepts. – Victor Daniels Category: Reality