Gold begets in brethren hate; Gold in families debate; Gold does friendship separate; Gold does civil wars create.
Every morning I spend fifteen minutes filling my mind full of God, and so there's no room left for worry thoughts.
Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.
The best way to keep children home is to make the home atmosphere pleasant - and let the air out of the tires.
Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
A sentimentalist is simply one who desires to have the luxury of an emotion without paying for it.
Work and play are words used to describe the same thing under differing conditions.
One of life's gifts is that each of us, no matter how tired and downtrodden, finds reasons for thankfulness.
Fortune favors the audacious.
The ugliest of trades have their moments of pleasure. Now, if I was a grave digger, or even a hangman, there are some people I could work for with a great deal of enjoyment.
Reason is an emotion for the sexless.
Two men look out through the same bars: One sees the mud, and one the stars.
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Passion is universal humanity. Without it religion, history, romance and art would be useless.
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
I've always had such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them, but I can't relax them.
Things forbidden have a secret charm.
And help us, this and every day, to live more nearly as we pray.
I didn't want to pray to God 'cause I didn't want him to know where I was.