Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men.
From Francis Bacon
A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner.
When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.
Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.
In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
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