Love is the most subtle form of self-interest.

Happiness is a form of courage.

Books worth reading are worth re-reading.

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge.

Man is a dog's idea of what God should be.

Genius is initiative on fire.

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.

Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.

Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.

Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act with calmness.

Originality is only variation.

Those who trust us educate us.

Look twice before you leap.

Grandpa Patterson used to say: Never approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear or a fool from any direction.

I'm really lucky I'm still around. Everybody expected me to die next... But it was always someone else instead of me.

A society that does not recognise that each individual has values of his own which he is entitled to follow can have no respect for the dignity of the individual and cannot really know freedom.

I felt in need of a great pilgrimage, so I sat still for three days and God came to me.

Why do you speak to me of the stones? It is only the arch that matters to me.

The artist's work constitutes the only satisfactory relationship he can have with his fellow men since he seeks his real friends among the dead and the unborn.

Self-righteous and entitled but they swearin' on the Bible that they love you When really they no different from all your rivals.

If you want to catch a cold, hang out with sick people. If you want to lose, associate with losers. But if you want to become successful, go out of your way to associate with successful people.