"The fear of hell, or aiming to be blest,
savors too much of private interest."
Edmund Waller
"Honest men
are the soft easy cushions on which knaves
Repose and fatten."
Thomas Otway
"He that loves reading has everything within his reach." William Godwin
"Give the people not hell, but hope and courage." Sir John Murray
"When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us." Alexander Graham Bell
"Nothing is more dangerous than an idea when it is the only one you have."
"Although he is a very poor fielder, he is a very poor hitter." Ringold Lardner
"One day when he was eating a cookie he offered me a bite. Don't underestimate that. The poor guy's so frightened of germs, it could darn near have been a proposal." Harlean Harlow Carpenter
"I'm not really a good singer. But most people aren't, either." Robyn Hitchcock