Our secret thoughts are rarely heard except in secret. No man knows what conscience is until he understands what solitude can teach him concerning it.

There is a certain physiognomy in manners.

Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.

It is not always the highest talent that thrives best. Mediocrity, with tact, will outweigh talent oftentimes.

The Unknown is an ocean. What is conscience? The compass of the Unknown.

We must judge religious movements, not by the men who make them, but by the men they make.

Only the home can found a state.

We shall never be at peace with ourselves until we yield with glad supremacy to our higher faculties.

It is the will to be grateful which constitutes gratitude.

The sense of duty pursues us ever.

Sin is free, or you cannot make sin out of it.

Employment will fail you someday

The sky is NOT the limit. Beyond the universe is.

Don’t give up. Keep moving in the direction of your dreams. There is a time for the fulfillment of your dreams.

Why does a woman work ten years to change a man's habits and then complain that he's not the man she married?

Magpie, n.: A bird whose theivish disposition suggested to someone that it might be taught to talk.

Men of genius are far more abundant than is supposed. In fact, to appreciate thoroughly the work of what we call genius, is to possess all the genius by which the work was produced.

People always ask me: 'When is the new Pele going to be born?' Never. My father and mother have closed the factory.

I'm aware that people I have loved and have died and are in the spirit world looking after me.

Don't be angry at life. It is not life that is frustrating you, it is you who are not listening to life.

If your husband has difficulty getting to sleep, the words 'we need to talk about our relationship' may help.