Sow a thought and you get an act; Sow an act and you get a habit; Sow a habit and you get a character; Sow a character and you get a destiny.

If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane.

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

We cannot live better than in seeking to become better.

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

Don't let making a living prevent you from making a life.

Humility is really important because it keeps you fresh and new.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.

My life didn't please me, so I created my life.

Don't own so much clutter that you will be relieved to see your house catch fire.

In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

Its not the men in your life that matters, its the life in your men.

Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.

Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.

Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil!