Our world is a college, events are teachers, happiness is the graduating point, character is the diploma God gives man.

Friendship warms like a sunbeam; charms like a good story; inspires like a brave leader; binds like a golden chain; guides like a heavenly vision.

Give thy mind to books and libraries, and the literature and lore of the ages will give thee the wisdom of sage and seer.

Failure is blindness to the strategic element in events; success is readiness for instant action when the opportune moment arrives.

Only when the heart loves can the intellect do great work.

Abiding happiness is not simply a possibility, but a duty; that all may live above the troubles of life; that worry is a poison and happiness a medicine.

Man must make his choice between ease and wealth; either may be his, but not both.

Understanding is the first step of accepting!

When your knowlege increases over time, yearn to learn to dance in your mind.

When people ask me how to find happiness in life I tell them, First learn how to cook.

Everyone should study at least enough philosophy and belles-lettres to make his sexual experience more delectable.

I never retouch a sketch: I take a canvas the same size, as I may change the composition somewhat. But I always strive to give the same feeling, while carrying it on further.

Faith no doubt moves mountains, but not necessarily to where we want them.

Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.

Anyone who campaigns for public office becomes disqualified for holding any office at all.

The poor folks hate the rich folks, and the rich folks hate the poor folks. All of my folks hate all of your folks, it's American as apple pie.

To create an extraordinary quality of life, you must create a vision that's not only obtainable, but that is sustainable.