Theshallower the brook, the more it babbles.

If a man speaks or acts with pure thought, happiness follows him like a shadow that never leaves him

If you ain't never pick up the sword,you ain't never have to worry about fallin' on it.

The ability to laugh together is the essence of love.

It's good to shut up sometimes.

Themost important of life's battles is the one we fight daily in the silentchambers of the soul.

Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believingas we already do.

Thecompromise will always be more expensive than either of the suggestions it iscompromising.

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

A school should be the most beautiful place in every town- so beautiful tht the punishment for undutiful children should be that they be debarred from going to school the following day.

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

Worry is a circle of inefficient thoughts whirling about a point of fear.