Learning must be had, but in the second place, as subsequent only to greater qualities.

A bad workman never gets a good tool.

By being pleasant always and smiling, it takes you nearer to God; Nearer than any prayer.

The first duty of love is to listen.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

The true test of intelligence is not how much people know how to do, but how they behave when they don't know what to do.

Every man has the right to feel that "Because of me was the world created".

The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.

A large ocean liner was headed across the Atlantic fromPortsmouth to New York. As it neared its destination at night, a lookout onthe wing of the bridge reported, ‘Light, bearing on the starboardbow.’‘Is it steady or moving astern?’ the captain called out

Nostrength within, no respect without.

The greatest trust between man and man is the trust ofgiving counsel.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.