Jean Ingelow

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.

The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.

Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.

Life would pall if it were all sugar; salt is bitter if taken by itself; but when tasted as part of the dish, it savours the meat. Difficulties are the salt of life.

Why do men fight who were born to be brothers?

The bonds of trust between the United States and Israel have been frayed, but even the hostility and disrespect the Obama administration has shown has not severed those bonds.