A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will.

Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

The evening of life brings with it its lamps.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Close your eyes and you will see.

Killing a cruelty is not a cruelty.

Too many leaders fancy themselves on being philosophers, but not enough pride themselves on decisive action.

Anbody can make an easy deal, but only a true agent can sell a dog.

Thank you, Sam," he said in a cracked whisper. "How far is there to go?" I don't know," said Sam, "because I don't know where we're going.

The first shall be last and the last shall be first.

Courage means being afraid to do something, but still doing it.

Like everything else, Preppiness begins in the home.

I used to be able to be in England and just be fine. No one had any idea who I was.I get a lot more abuse in England.

By definition, risk-takers often fail. So do morons. In practice it's difficult to sort them out.

Behind every attractive room there should be a very good reason.