Economists report that a college education adds many thousands of dollars to a man's lifetime income - which he then spends sending his son to college.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

Create always: As God has seen fit in His perfection to give you such abilities, work and share of your gifts.

A path full of potholes must be traveled slowly, but there's no reason you can't finish the journey.

Unless the soul is fed and exercised daily, it becomes weak and shriveled. It remains discontented, confused, restless.

Even innocent Adam is liker to forget God in a paradise, than Joseph in a prison, or Job upon a dunghill(376)[.]

Waiting is still an occupation. It is having nothing to wait for that is terrible.

I remember reading once that some fellows use language to conceal thought; but it's been my experience that a good many more use it instead of thought.

You can't tell your best buddy that you love him.

The worst thing about the fantasies of the mentally ill is that they're so damned consistent. They never let up. They never give you any rest.

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.

We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.