Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.

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.

An expert is an ordinary person who consistently sought knowledge in a specific field and applied it.

Fellowship with human beings opens up to fellowship with God

I'm 31 now. I think I'm beginning to understand what life is, what romance is, and what a relationship means.

A stress on the system and I think a painful thing for many young poets who are looking to find a life in poetry that they're not going to be able to find.

You can't spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. You die if you don't follow your desire.

Perfection is worth striving for, even if it is ultimately unattainable in this life.

One has just to be oneself. That's my basic message. The moment you accept yourself as you are, all burdens, all mountainous burdens, simply disappear. Then life is a sheer joy, a festival of lights.

All saints give testimony to the truth that without real effort, no one ever wins the crown.

Trying to be able to have, let's say, more than three partners was absolutely impossible, at least for my own relationships.