Preventives of evil are far better than remedies; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result.

Right actions in the future are the best apologies for bad actions in the past.

Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.

Some so speak in exaggerations and superlatives that we need to make a large discount from their statements before we can come at their real meaning.

Prejudices are rarely overcome by argument; not being founded in reason they cannot be destroyed by logic.

We never reach our ideals, whether of mental or moral improvement, but the thought of them shows us our deficiencies, and spurs us on to higher and better things.

If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others.

Thoughts lead on to purpose, purpose leads on to actions, actions form habits, habits decide character, and character fixes our destiny.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Some of the best lessons we ever learn we learn from our mistakes and failures. — The error of the past is the wisdom and success of the future.

True humility is not an abject, groveling, self-despising spirit; it is but a right estimate of ourselves as God sees us.

One wouldn't wish to tempt fate

You can live opposite of what you profess, but you cannot live opposite of what you believe.

I think being poor has been good for me. I saw how my mom and dad struggled, and how they could stretch a dollar farther than you could begin to imagine.

No grief has a right to immortality. That ground belongs to joy, to hope, to faith.

The studious silence of the library ... Thought is the thought of thought. Tranquil brightness.

Hey, we're like soldiers. Would you go to the Roman army and ask them if they thought they were going to win the battle? If I didn't think we could win, I wouldn't be here. I'd stay home and get fat.

When you're fast when you're shooting, there are great things that you discover. By being fast you also sometimes get more time to experiment.

What gnats are compared with humans, so is the whole creation compared with God.

His head was turned by too great success.

To the mean eye all things are trivial, as certainly as to the jaundiced they are yellow.