“294. A Man may lead his Horse to Water, but cannot make him drink.”

“You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make him drink. Or monetary policy is pulling on a string when the economy is strong. That works. But when the economy is weak and you are cutting interest rates, it can be like pushing on a string. It does not work as well.”

“294. A man's discontent is his worst evill.”

“Sexually, of course, the sexes aren’t equal. It is exactly a woman’s greater sexual power that often makes a man so fearful of being rejected by her that he buys himself drinks to reduce his fear. In essence, her sexual power often leads to him drinking; his sexual power rarely leads to her drinking. If anything is evidence of her power over him, it is his being expected to spend his money to buy her drinks without her reciprocating.”

“You can lead a horse to Harvard but you can’t make him think.”

“his lips drink water
but his heart drinks wine”

“A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.”

“The likeness of this world is as the water of the sea - however much a thirsty person drinks from it, his thirst increases so much so that the water kills him.”

“619. You may bring a horse to the river, but he will drinke when and what he pleaseth.”

“I never saw a useful Christian who was not a student of the Bible. If a man neglects his Bible, he may pray and ask God to use him in His work; but God cannot make much use of him, for there is not much for the Holy Ghost to work upon.”