True love is like ghosts which many believe in, but few have seen.

To eat is a necessity, but to eat intelligently is an art.

No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.

We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.

Our envy always lasts longer than the happiness of those we envy.

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves.

It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.

One cannot answer for his courage when he has never been in danger.

We are much harder on people who betray us in small ways than on people who betray others in great ones.

Neither the sun nor death can be looked at steadily.

In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be--and thus the world is merely composed of actors.

Planting a flower in the desert takes greater skill than growing a garden in a rain forest.

God only knew what ran underneath the fierce self-discipline and emotional control that had come with my upbringing. But the cracks were there, I knew it, and they frightened me.

Marriage is deep. Don't marry someone shallow, it will cause both of you to drown

You can tell if people are following Jesus, because they are fedding the poor, sharing their wealth, and trying to get everyone medical insurance.

If you don't let things develop, it's like keeping something in a bag and not letting it out to fly

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.

Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.

In order to get to the fruit of the tree, you have to go out on a limb.

I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog.