Most men make the voyage of life as if they carried sealed orders which they were not to open till they were fairly in mid-ocean.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Fate loves the fearless.

The devil loves nothing better than the intolerance of reformers.

All the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action.

One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning.

Light is the symbol of truth.

A weed is no more than a flower in disguise.

Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof.

The brain can be easy to buy, but the heart never comes to market.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Nobody could stand an eternity of Heaven.

People create all kind of fancy watches and clocks, never stopping to realize they're building monuments to the greatest of all thieves.

I am not afraid. ... I was born to do this.

By going out of your mind, you come to your senses

The truth can wait, for it lives a long life.

Ninety percent of our managers started in the hourly ranks or started in the lower ranks.

All businesses need to be young forever. If your customer base ages with you, you're Woolworth's.

Jazz is one of the few things you can do in society and express yourself freely and creatively.

You just have to smile and take it, otherwise it would drive you mad.

Your heart is smothering under your small ambitions.