The mob may hiss me, but I congratulate myself while I contemplate my treasures in their hoard.

Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.

It is impossible to enslave, mentally or socially, a bible-reading people. The principles of the bible are the groundwork of human freedom.

The great virtue of parents is a great dowry.

It is good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it's good too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy.

Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)

When things are steep, remember to stay level-headed.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

Innocence invites protection, yet we might be smarter to protect ourselves against it...

Liberty is the hardest test that one can inflict on a people.

To make the world a better place, see the world as a better place.

No other person's ideas, and none of my own ideas, are as authoritative as my experience.

He is a pandit (man of knowledge) who speaks what is suitable to the occasion, who renders loving service according to his ability, and who knows the limits of his anger.

I have deep feelings of depression... What can I do about this?' 'Snap out of it! Five cents, please.

The less satisfaction we derive from being ourselves, the greater is our desire to be like others.

I think the secret of my light, quick, foot strike is related to the fact that I have fragile feet.

Loneliness is an aspect of the land.

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.