Let us fill urns with rose-leaves in May And hive the the trifty sweetness for December!

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.

Nearly every historic fruit and vegetable variety once found in the United States has disappeared.

Must then a Christ perish in torment in every age to save those that have no imagination?

Turning images from within our minds into reality is a gift we are all born with.

I think it's crazy for us to think that people don't understand what's being foregrounded in their lives at a given point in time.

People say you don't need a father to be successful. I take offense to that. I had an argument with my mom about Father's Day and why it's not celebrated like Mother's Day.

Unless the habit leads to happiness the best habit is to contract none.

As the day comes to a close and we review what we have tried to do, again there should be that sense of committing everything to God.

Bulls make money and bears make money, but pigs seldom do. When a stock or mutual fund is up 30%, sell one-quarter of your position.

It is your life and it is worth risking everything to make it yours.

People will still make great art, but I think it's good to assume you will always be a failure. People were believing the opposite.