The only time you find success before work is in the dictionary.
Why should I deem myself to be a chisel, when I could be the artist?
Humor acts to relieve fear.
To the lack of incentive to effort, which is the awful shadow under which we live, may be traced the wreck and ruin of scores of colored youth.
Passion makes the world go round. Love just makes it a safer place.
I feel successful when the writing goes well. This lasts five minutes. Once, when I was number one on the bestseller list, I also felt successful. That lasted three minutes.
Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes.
Knowing sorrow well, I learn to succor the distressed.
The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself.
Why not learn to enjoy the little things-there are so many of them.
An apology for the Devil - it must be remembered that we have only heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
The most important thing in marriage is not happiness, but stability.
Fortunate are the people whose roots are deep.
Happy [is] the man who knows his duties!
Riches certainly make themselves wings.
Men are like stone jugs - you may lug them where you like by the ears.
Moral indignation - jealousy with a halo.
The pessimist is half-licked before he starts.
You had better live your best and act your best and think your best today; for today is the sure preparation for tomorrow and all the other tomorrows that follow.
I learn by going where I have to go.