All Quotes

I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right. ”

A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, our stitching and unstitching has been naught. ”

I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age. ”

I balanced all, brought all to mind, the years to come seemed waste of breath, a waste of breath the years behind, in balance with this life, this death. ”

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation. ”

I discipline churchgoers with godly lessons and sharp words if they do not change their ways. My goal is to open their hearts so that they seek forgiveness. ”

We gather for prayer, and reading the Bible, and singing the songs of David. ”

I like having ambitious people around me. I could care less if they want my job. ”

No place is unpoliceable; no crime is immune to better enforcement efforts. ”

We all have a fundamental right to live free from fear, free from crime, and free from disorder - but while we share that right, we also share the duty to secure it. ”