Laurence Sterne

Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.

God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb.

Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!

As a young child my attention span was, as I remember it, rather short.

Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

For these cultures, getting rid of the pain without addressing the deeper cause would be like shutting off a fire alarm while the fire's still going.