If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him.

Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

... that kind of patriotism which consists in hating all other nations ...

I think anybody can take a good picture. My idea of a good picture is one that's in focus and of a famous person doing something unfamous. It's being in the right place at the wrong time.

Playing Bridge is a pretty old fashioned thing in a way that I really like... I do the dishes every night - other people volunteer but I like the way I do it.

A life with love will have some thorns, but a life without love will have no roses. To the world, you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

On the heights it is warmer than those in the valley imagine.

The formula 'Two and two make five' is not without its attractions.

Men go to the theatre to forget; women, to remember.

I learned also that the best way to keep out of trouble was by never complaining or asking for anything.

The destiny of our society is yours to make and you have a vastly greater importance to the world than we do.

The same thing happened today that happened yesterday, only to different people.