A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek.
Sarcasm I now see to be in general the language of the devil for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.
She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it).
It is practically impossible to teach good programming to students that have had a prior exposure to BASIC: as potential programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.
The enlightened ruler is heedful and the good general full of caution.
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign is the jewel of the kingdom.
There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.
Those disputing contradicting and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory sometimes but they never get good will which would be of more use to them.
The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first therefore to seek them blindfold and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.
Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made so easily and the raw material cost so little that generally the god market was fairly glutted and heaven crammed with these phantoms.
God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.
We have come to a turning point in the road. If we turn to the right mayhap our children and our children's children will go that way but if we turn to the left generations yet unborn will curse our names for having been unfaithful to God and to His Word.
The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God and however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing they seldom judge or determine right.
The reproduction of mankind is a great marvel and mystery. Had God consulted me in the matter I should have advised him to continue the generation of the species by fashioning them out of clay.
I put quite a few trees in last autumn. A lot of silver birch and a couple of native trees - just generally doing gardening putting plants in and hedges in. It takes quite a lot of time and I love it.
He plants trees to benefit another generation.
The Nuclear Security Summit was President Obama's initiative born out of his vision to leave behind a safer more prosperous world for the future generation.
We have a moral responsibility to save wild places like the arctic refuge for future generations and that is why our country has remained committed to its protection for nearly 50 years.
Italy has piled up huge public debt because the successive governments were too close to the life of ordinary citizens too willing to please the requests of everybody thereby acting against the interests of future generations.
Whether they run a record company or a grocery store every boss will tell you you're in big trouble if you're borrowing more than you can ever afford to pay back. Delaying the pain for future generations is suicidal. We've got to start getting the deficit down right now not next year.
We believe that peace is not just signed papers but rather a contract between generations for the building of a more promising and less threatening future.
Let us make future generations remember us as proud ancestors just as today we remember our forefathers.
The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.