Classic: a book which people
praise and don't read.

-Mark Twain



If you have been foolish,
exalting yourself, put your
hand on your mouth.

-Proverbs 30:32



the sartorialist

Why do you have to be
a noncomformist like
everybody else?

-James Thurber



To be trusted is a greater compliment
than to be loved.

-George MacDonald

andy goldsworthy

If you want to see what children can do,
you must stop giving them things.

-Norman Douglas



Beware of little expenses; a small
leak will sink a great ship.

-Benjamin Franklin

maxfield parrish

One golden day redeems
a weary year.

-Celia Thaxter



walt kendall, 1955 - 2011

Precious in the sight
of the Lord is the death
of his saints.

-Psalm 116:15



Public schools are the nurseries
of all vice and immorality.

-Henry Fielding



A fool takes no pleasure in understanding, but only in
expressing his opinion.

-Proverbs 18:2



No man can look at the sun
or his own death with a
steady eye.

-Martin Amis



The worst loneliness is not to be
comfortable with yourself.

-Mark Twain



The worst enemy to creativity
is self doubt.

-Sylvia Plath



Patience is the companion
of wisdom.

-Augustine



I don't drink coffee, I take tea
my dear.

-Gordon Sumner (Sting), An Englishman in New York



The rich are the scum of the earth
in every country.

-G. K. Chesterton



Not only is your home like a little
church, but your church is like a
big family.

-Micah Bickford



It's only after we've lost everything
that we're free to do anything.

-Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club







That's the way things come clear. 

All of a sudden.  And then you realize

how obvious they've been all along.

-Madeleine L'Engle



We are all here for a spell; get all
the good laughs you can.

-Will Rogers