He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

All things are difficult before they are easy.

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Charity begins at home, but should not end there.

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night.

Health is not valued till sickness comes.

If you would have a good wife, marry one who has been a good daughter.

He who cures a disease may be the skillfullest, but he that prevents it is the safest physician.

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men.

One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.

VITA BREVIS A lifetimeis morethansufficiently longfor people to get what there is of itwrong.

Conservation viewed in its entirety, is the slow and laborious unfolding of a new relationship between people and land.

you may take it as an axiom that you cannot profit in Wall Street by continuously doing the obvious or the popular thing

I had done the sitcom thing to lesser and lesser degrees of success.

The heart is forever making the head its fool.

If you look back through history in the United States, there have been very few landslide elections. Half the country always voted for someone else.

I started Linux as a desktop operating system. And it's the only area where Linux hasn't completely taken over. That just annoys the hell out of me.

If you take care of your immediate surroundings, the universe will take care of itself.

He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.