Author Archives: Cathy Burnham Martin

  “When angry, count ten before you speak. If very angry, a hundred.” — Thomas Jefferson 1743 – 1826) 3rd president of the United States; diplomat, architect, and philosopher (in a letter to T.J. Smith on February 21, 1825)

  “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” — Albert Camus (1913 – 1960) French philosopher and writer    

“It is inaccurate to say I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office.” — H.L. Mencken (1880 – 1956) American journalist and cultural critic

“When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?” — Eleanor Roosevelt (1884 – 1962) American First Lady (1934 – 45)

“The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.” — Hazrat Inayat Khan (1882 – 1927) Indian professor of musicology

    “Listen now to the gentle whispers of hope.” — Charles D. Brodhead (1827 – 1913) Grocery clerk & postmaster; served in PA House of Representatives

  “I have chosen to be happy because it is good for my health.”  — Voltaire (Francois-Marie Arouet) (1694 – 1778) French writer & philosopher

  “Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.” — Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 – 1821) French military commander & emperor

“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” — William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) English playwright, poet & actor (from “All’s Well That Ends Well”)

“Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.” — T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) Nobel Prize-winning American poet, playwright, & editor

  “Television has done much for psychiatry by spreading information about it, as well as contributing to the need for it.” — Alfred Hitchcock (1899 – 1980) English-American film director & producer

We humans have so much to learn. “It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.” — Aristotle (384 – 322 BC) Greek philosopher

I can think of no better person to toast a remembrance rum punch to than the King of Island Escapism… Jimmy Buffett. “If we couldn’t laugh, we would all go insane.” — Jimmy Buffett (1946 – 2023) American musician, singer, … Continue reading →

“When two elephants fight it is the grass that gets trampled.”  — African proverb

“Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and the government when it deserves it.” — Mark Twain (1835-1910) (pen name for Samuel Langhorne Clemens) 19th Century American author and humorist

  “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” — Confucius (551 – 479 BC) Chinese philosopher