Oh, give me back the good old days of fifty years ago,“ has been the cry ever since Adam's fifty-first birthday.

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.

Unleash your mighty words, and with them, recreate a new and more beautiful world for all.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.

I have a lot of beliefs, and I live by none of them.

When one thing takes another away, what do we call that?” she asked my class. “Homicide!” I called out

He who learns but does not think, is lost. He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

He who has made great moral progress ceases to pray

Hope puts up with modest gains, realizing that the longest journey starts with one step.

And that's the secret. Timing, hard work and smart partners. Using that formula, I've either founded or funded over 80 companies, and none have gone bankrupt. Most have done very well.

Green in nature is one thing, green in literature another. Nature and letters seem to have a natural antipathy; bring them together and they tear each other to pieces.