That the American, by temperament, worked to excess, was true; work and whiskey were his stimulants; work was a form of vice; but he never cared much for money or power after he earned them.

A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.

The Indian Summer of life should be a little sunny and a little sad, like the season, and infinite in wealth and depth of tone, but never hustled.

One friend in a life-time is much; two are many; three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim.

Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.

They know enough who know how to learn.

The American President resembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek.

Some day science may have the existence of mankind in its power, and the human race commit suicide, by blowing up the world.

Just Do What you feel, and Don't you fool yourself

I like to do something I fear.

The real "it is well" is something I say from the ground, having fallen.

Religions which have any very strong hold over men's actions have generally some instinctive basis.

When you figure out love is all that matters after all, it sure makes everything else seem so small.

You got a cop under five feet tall, what if he's gotta plant evidence on a high shelf? What then? What if he's gotta chase a suspect onto a ride at Disneyland?

It is more important to know who you are than where you are going, for where you are going will change as the world around you changes.

I want so obviously, so desperately to be loved, and to be capable of love.

Do not become the slave of your model.

Enthusiastic Admiration is the first Principle of Knowledge and its last.