“By gaming we lose both our time and treasure - two things most precious to the life of man.” Quote by Owen Feltham
“Knowledge is the treasure of the mind, but discretion is the key to it, without which it is useless. The practical part of wisdom is the best.” MindKeysTreasurePracticalsUselessDiscretion Author:Owen Feltham
“Gold is the fool's curtain, which hides all his defects from the world.” WorldFoolGoldDefectsCurtains Author:Owen Feltham
“To go to law is for two persons to kindle a fire, at their own cost, to warm others and singe themselves to cinders; and because they cannot agree as to what is truth and equity, they will both agree to unplume themselves that others may be decorated with their feathers.” MayPersonsTwoLawFireCostAgreeWarmFeathersEquityKindles Author:Owen Feltham
“To trust God when we have securities in our iron chest is easy, but not thankworthy; but to depend on him for what we cannot see, as it is more hard for man to do, so it is more acceptable to God.” MenHardEasySecurityDependsIronChestsTrust In GodAcceptable Author:Owen Feltham
“It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader. If you do not believe in the characters or the story you are doing at that moment with all your mind, strength, and will, if you don't feel joy and excitement while writing it, then you're wasting good white paper, even if it sells, because there are other ways in which a writer can bring in the rent money besides writing bad or phony stories.” IfsWayFeelsWritingMindBelieveLittlesMomentsCharacterStoriesJoyWhiteReaderPaperPagesSellsContactExcitementThat MomentVeinsPhonyWhite Paper Author:Paul Gallico
“You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” KnowsTryingLuckyLuckIce Cream Sundae Author:Jimmy Dean
“The wind always seems to blow against catchers when they are running.” SeemsRunningWindBlowYankeesNew York YankeesCatchers Author:Joe Garagiola
“Not only was I not the best catcher in the Major Leagues, I wasn't even the best catcher on my street!” StreetsMajorsLeagueMajor LeagueCatchers Author:Joe Garagiola
“The Chicago Cubs are like Rush Street-a lot of singles, but no action.” ActionStreetsChicagoSinglesCubsChicago Cubs Author:Joe Garagiola
“Never trust a baserunner with a limp. Comes a base hit and you'll think he just got back from Lourdes.” ThinkingNever TrustLourdes Author:Joe Garagiola