"Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired."

"When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own intersts."

"We are not separate from spirit, we are in it."

"War is one of the scourges with which it has pleased God to afflict men."

"Give a man religion without reminding him of his filth, and the result will be arrogance in a three- piece suit. Max Lucado"

"Criticism is the disapproval of people, not for having faults, but having faults different from your own."

"Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly."

"O, what may man within him hide, though angel on the outward side!"

"Man's greatest joy is to slay his enemy, plunder his riches, ride his steeds, see the tears of his loved ones and embrace his women."

"The years that a woman subtracts from her age are not lost. They are added to other women's."

"Santa Claus has the right idea; visit people once a year."

"FLAG, n. A colored rag borne above troops and hoisted on forts and ships. It appears to serve the same purpose as certain signs that one sees and vacant lots in London -- 'Rubbish may be shot here.'"