I'm not an American hero. I'm a person who loves children.
I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter.
When we ... devote ourselves to the strict and unsparing performance of duty, then happiness comes of itself.
When I was fourteen, I was the oldest I ever was. ... I've been getting younger ever since.
The friend of my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.
Every man has his moral backside too, which he doesn't expose unnecessarily but keeps covered as long as possible by the trousers of decorum.
Boys don't make passes at female smart asses.
Be, therefore, not anxious about tomorrow; for tomorrow will be anxious for the things of itself.
It was only a sunny smile, And little it cost in the giving. But like morning light, it scattered the night, And made the day worth living.
When life's problems seem overwhelming, look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself fortunate.
The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.
You have to erect a fence and say, "Okay, scale this."
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
Earth's crammed with Heaven, And every common bush afire with God.
The happy and efficient people in this world are those who accept trouble as a normal detail of human life and resolve to capitalize it when it comes along.
I can't say I was ever lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
Freedom is not for the timid.
There is nothing meritorious but virtue and friendship.
Not seeing is half-believing.
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.