If each of us were to confess his most secret desire, the one that inspires all his plans, all his actions, he would say: "I want to be praised."
One who knows how to show and to accept kindness will be a friend better than any possession.
What a day may bring, a day may take away.
Happy is he who still loves something he loved in the nursery: He has not been broken in two by time; he is not two men, but one, and he has saved not only his soul, but his life.
Speaking words of endearment where words of comfort availed not.
Leisure for reverie, gay or somber, does much to enrich life.
The good should be grateful to the bad - for providing the world with a basis for comparison.
The sight of a cage is only frightening to the bird that has once been caught.
Your readiest desire is your path to joy ... even if it destroys you.
How forcible are right words!
Trouble will come soon enough, and when he does come receive him as pleasantly as possible ... the more amiably you greet him, the sooner he will go away.
The fashion wears out more apparel than the man.
Everything holds its breath except spring. She bursts through as strong as ever.
The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.
When I met Jean, I felt God reach down out of the sky, pull my hair, and say, "This one, dummy."
The moment we pass out of our habits we lose all sense of permanency and routine.
Great thoughts always come from the heart.
What you can't get out of, get into wholeheartedly.
You don't know what pressure is until you play for $5 with only $2 in your pocket.
All that I know I learned after I was thirty.