We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
The letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
A great city, a great solitude.
When Fortune empties her chamberpot on your head, smile and say 'We are going to have a summer shower.'
Blessed is he that considereth the poor.
Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.
Dogs love their friends and bite their enemies, quite unlike people, who are incapable of pure love and always have to mix love and hate in their . . . relations.
Nothing worthwhile comes easily. Half effort does not produce half results, it produces no results. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.
The waters wear the stones.
It may be bizarre, but in my opinion, science offers a sure path to God and religion.
How lovely are the portals of the night, When stars come out to watch the daylight die.
Though I am weak, yet God, when prayed, Cannot withhold his conquering aid.
If at first you succeed, don't take any more stupid chances.
It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.
Every man as he loveth, quoth the good man when he kissed the cow.
The finer impulse of our nature.
There are people who want to be everywhere at once, and they get nowhere.
Is life worth living? That depends on the liver.
Our prayers must spring from the indigenous soil of our own personal confrontation with the Spirit of God in our lives.
Faith is the subtle chain which binds us to the infinite.