And children know, Instinctive taught, the friend and foe.

For success, attitude is equally as important as ability.

It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

To all, to each, a fair good-night, and pleasing dreams, and slumbers light.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

O woman! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!

Is death the last sleep? No, it is the last and final awakening.

Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

How pleasant it is for a father to sit at his child's board. It is like an aged man reclining under the shadow of an oak which he has planted.

Look back, and smile on perils past.

Lies are neither bad nor good. Like a fire they can either keep you warm or burn you to death, depending on how they're used.

Only the Saviour saves souls.

It is our feelings that guide us and they can never lead us wrong

It's just hard," Harry said finally, in a low voice, "to realize he won't write me again

The feeling of mistrust is always the last which a great mind acquires.

The only failures are those who fail to try.

The policy of letting the free market determine the height of wage rates is the only reasonable and successful full-employment policy.

Take a new look at your present "impossible." Consider positive ways to handle it.

I don't suffer from an abundance of politeness.

There are actors who are really fantastically talented at being natural on screen and appearing to be themselves, but I like the challenge of becoming somebody else.