The fun of talk is to explore, but much of it and all that is irresponsible should not be written. Once written you have to stand by it. You may have said it to see whether you believed it or not.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

Ask anyone concerned with race to fast, and take note of the response you receive.

Because what’s worse than knowing you want something, besides knowing you can never have it?

A widow is like a frigate of which the first captain has been shipwrecked.

Truth and beauty can still win battles. We need more art, more passion, more wit in defense of the Earth.

Children's as good as 'rithmetic to set you findin' out things.

He who possesses most must be most afraid of loss.

Man is forming thousands of ridiculous relations between himself and God.

It is impossible for a man to love his wife whole heartedly without loving all women somewhat. I suppose that the converse must be true of women.

I find the science behind major natural events almost more interesting than the way in which those same events wreak their effects on human society.

No good friends, no bad friends; only people you want, need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart.