Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.

Those true eyes, Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise, The sweet soul shining through them.

A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today.

The world is a nettle; disturb it, it stings. Grasp it firmly, it stings not.

Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize.

We may live without friends; we may live without books But civilized men cannot live without cooks.

We are our own fates.- Our deeds are our own doomsmen.- Man's life was made not for creeds but actions.

However we pass Time, he passes still, Passing away whatever the pastime, And, whether we use him well or ill, Some day he gives us the slip for the last time.

Do not think that years leave us and find us the same!

No true love there can be without Its dread penalty--jealousy.

The world is filled with folly and sin, And Love must cling, where it can, I say: For Beauty is easy enough to win; But one isn't loved every day.

Busy with the ugliness of the expensive success We forget the easiness of free beautyLying sad right around the corner, Only an instant removed, Unnoticed and squandered.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Life is the sum of all your choices.

Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want out.

Life is a stream On which we strew Petal by petal the flower of our heart.

Most American homes have alternating current, which means that the electricty goes in one direction for a while, then goes in the other direction. This prevents harmful electron buildup in the wires.

...like a scene from the swamps of Louisiana or the mind of Poe on opium.

A belief is really only a thought that you keep thinking.

Sense of place is the sixth sense, an internal compass and map made by memory and spatial perception together.

I must dedicate my life to teaching my people, for only education would make their lot less bitter, their latent power more strong.