Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.

A stale article, if you dip it in a good, warm, sunny smile, will go off better than a fresh one that you've scowled upon.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

All that spirits desire, spirits attain.

You’ll miss the best things if you keep your eyes shut.

In the increasingly convincing darkness the words become palpable, like a fruit that is too beautiful to eat.

Don't send me flowers when I'm dead. If you like me, send them while I'm alive.

I meant what I said and I said what I meant.

Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.

Authority, without any condition and reservation, belongs to the nation.

The last of human freedoms - the ability to chose one's attitude in a given set of circumstances.

The spirit of man is an inward flame; a lamp the world blows upon but never puts out.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

Each soul is potentially divine.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.

All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the forest.

I want to go ahead of Father Time with a scythe of my own.