"The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."

"Righteousness exalteth a nation."

"Unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath."

"Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness and peace have kissed each other."

"It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks."

"His enemies shall lick the dust."

"The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence."

"RIME, n. Agreeing sounds in the terminals of verse, mostly bad. The verses themselves, as distinguished from prose, mostly dull. Usually (and wickedly) spelled 'rhyme.'"

"The only thing one never regrets are one's mistakes."

"Destiny...is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved"

"Someone bent on suicide won't have much sense of humor left."

"Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point."