The greatest right in the world is the right to be wrong.
Blame yourself if you have no branches or leaves; don't accuse the sun of partiality.
The only gift is a portion of thyself.
It is for the superfluous things of life that men sweat.
A cowardly act! What do I care about that? You may be sure that I should never fear to commit one if it were to my advantage.
Apologize, v: to lay the foundation for a future offence.
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
Today, well lived, will prepare me for both the pleasure and the pain of tomorrow.
It is grief that develops the powers of the mind.
In doubt, fear is the worst of prophets.
I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.
We cannot change anything unless we accept it.
Thank God ever morning when you get up that you have something to do which must be done, whether you like it or not.
Grow old with me! The best is yet to be, The last of life, for which the first was made: Our times are in his hands Who sayeth "a whole I plant, Youth shows but half; Trust God; see all nor be afraid."
The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.
A friend should be a master at guessing and keeping still.
When I was a kid, I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realized that the Lord, in his wisdom, didn't work that way. So I just stole one and asked him to forgive me.
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
What makes a nation great is not primarily its great men, but the stature of its innumerable mediocre ones.
All the scholastic scaffolding falls, as a ruined edifice, before a single word: faith.