Spies Stephen Wheatley Quotes & Sayings

It is from this wide extension of design that so much instruction is derived. It is this which fills the plays of Shakespeare with practical axioms and domestick wisdom. It was said of Euripides, that every verse was a precept and it may be said of Shakespeare, that from his works may be collected a system of civil and oeconomical prudence. Yet his real power is not shown in the splendour of particular passages, but by the progress of his fable, and the tenour of his dialogue; and he that tries to recommend him by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in Hierocles, who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen. — Samuel Johnson

Americans also don't need to be taught how to give. We don't need to be taught how to take care of each other or how to be charitable. — Glenn Beck

There is measure in all things. — Horace

The warrior of light listens to what his opponent has to say. He only fights if absolutely necessary. — Paulo Coelho

I'm free of all prejudices. I hate all people equally. — W.C. Fields

I'm here to make people laugh and help them forget their troubles, too! So I just try to bring heart and bring jokes! — Matthew Moy

A man with a club [bat] is a law-maker, a man to be obeyed, but not necessarily conciliated. — Jack London