The Natural flights of Human mind are not from Pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.

Earnest people are often people who habitually look on the serious side of things that have no serious side

When youcannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action youshould take choose the bolder.

A goodplan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the bestway to get there.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

When our hearts are empty, we collect things.

You don'trun twenty-six miles at five minutes a mile on good looks and a secretrecipe.

If your mouth turns into a knife, it will cut off yourlips.

Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outbrust of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Allthings are ready, if our minds be so.

A faithful friend is medicine of Life.