Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought.

How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.

The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.

He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble; he who writes verses builds it in granite.

Genius is but fine observation strengthened by fixity of purpose.

Men are valued, not for what they are, but for what they seem to be.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday.

A good cigar is as great a comfort to a man as a good cry to a woman.

Punctuality is the stern virtue of men of business, and the graceful courtesy of princes.

Love has no thought of self! Love buys not with the ruthless usurer's gold The loathsome prostitution of a hand Without a heart! Love sacrifices all things To bless the thing it loves!

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh.

We all move on from history to chance, sorrow to sorrow, hope to hope, joy to joy. Read the book of fiction on the theme. its title is FROM HISTORY TO CHANCE

Who can tell us how to get along with each other better than God? Where can we turn for wisdom better than God’s Word, the Bible?

In my search to find myself, I’d found so much more. I knew now why I wanted to live. I understood love. I had found it.

I sometimes find it half a sin, To put to words the grief i feel, For words like nature,half reveal, and half conceal the soul within.

I love Latin women, yet for some reason I always wind up with blondes.

All men will be sailors then Until the sea shall free them

If you want to swim across the English Channel from England to France - you have to leave your doubt on the beach in England.

In my work I have complete control, but about my life, I don't want to.

In the harshest place on Earth, ... love finds a way.

Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?