Heaven will be no heaven to me if I do not meet my wife there.
He that doth the ravens feed. Yea, providently caters for the sparrow. Be comfort to my age!
Let us eat and drink; for tomorrow we shall die.
A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.
I believe half the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things.
They pick a President and then for four years they pick on him.
Whatever things ye desire, when ye pray, believe that you receive them, and ye shall have them.
The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger.
Through wisdom a house is built and through understanding it is established.
A wise man knows everything; a shrewd one, everybody.
The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.
The distance doesn't matter, only the first step is difficult.
Sir, when their backsides look good enough to slap, there's nothing more to do.
Vessels never give so great a sound as when they are empty.
Unbidden guests Are often welcomest when they are gone.
The genius of happiness is still so rare, is indeed on the whole the rarest genius. To possess it means to approach life with the humility of a beggar, but to treat it with the proud generosity of a prince; to bring to its totality the deep understanding of a great poet and to each of its moments the abandonment and ingenuousness of a child.
The great virtue of man lies in his ability to correct his mistakes and to continually make a new man of himself.
Happy is the man who ventures boldly to defend what he holds dear.
A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not improve.
Every minute of life I take a risk; it's part of the enjoyment.