Life is a thing to be lived, not spent; to be faced, not ordered. Life is not a game of chess, the victory to the most knowing; it is a game of cards, one's hand by skill to be made the best of.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours.

People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as well, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.

A good woman's arms round a man's neck is a lifebelt thrown out to him from heaven.

Opportunities flit by while we sit regretting the chances we have lost, and the happiness that comes to us we heed not, because of the happiness that is gone.

Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.

They [dogs] never talk about themselves but listen to you while you talk about yourself, and keep up an appearance of being interested in the conversation.

What I am looking for is a blessing not in disguise.

It is impossible to enjoy idling thoroughly unless one has plenty of work to do.

If there is one person I do despise more than another, it is the man who does not think exactly the same on all topics as I do.

What students lack in school is an intellectual relationship or conversation with the teacher.

Linguine linguistics that left my verbal essence saucy, Send a message, leave you sleepin' next to headless horsey.

Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance

Your worldview has to have the same shape that reality does.

Man must strive, and striving he must err.

Like a tree, a woman can't carry the weight of two seasons simultaneously. In the violent struggle of trying, she'll miss every bit of joy each season promises to bring.

She died praying that she might die.

The possession of a library, or the free use of it, no more constitutes learning, than the possession of wealth constitutes generosity.

When children have grieving parents it's also common for them to feel an obligation to cheer them up and make them happy.

None deserves liberty who is not ready to give liberty