Nowhere else can one find so miscellaneous, so various, an amount of knowledge as is contained in a good newspaper.

Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.

As for marigolds, poppies, hollyhocks, and valorous sunflowers, we shall never have a garden without them, both for their own sake, and for the sake of old-fashioned folks, who used to love them.

A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs. It's jolted by every pebble on the road.

The thistle is a prince. Let any man that has an eye for beauty take a view of the whole plant, and where will he see a more expressive grace and symmetry; and where is there a more kingly flower?

Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anybody expects of you. Never excuse yourself.

He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.

Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.

Keep at it. Persistence does pay dividends. But there is a catch

I am unconcerned with what yesterday has left behind, but rather what tomorrow will bring.

I'm all for bootlegging. A record costs $20 . . . who can afford that?

Having to know the answers puts in terrible positions from which to learn.

Seungri, are you listening? I love you.

There is a leisure about walking, no matter what pace you set, that lets down the tension.

Eternity is a mere moment, just long enough for a joke.

If you want something, go get it.

Every vice has its excuse ready.

The writers secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.