Childhood and genius have the same master organ in common - inquisitiveness.

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.

You cannot find strength by loathing.

God’s love is unchangeable

The fair request ought to be followed by the deed in silence.

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

The conclusion I have reached is that, above all, dogs are witnesses.

Age for me is just a number.

Those who know the normal life of the poor... will realize well enough that without economic security, liberty is not worth having.

Longing is a compass that guides us through life. We may never get what we really want, that's true, but every step along the way will be determined by it.

The part of the envelope that tells a person where to place the stamp when they can't quite figure it out for themselves.

Children are wonderful, and they add to my whole life.