The past is a bucket of ashes, so live not in your yesterdays, nor just for tomorrow, but in the here and now.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.
On earth we have nothing to do with success or results, but only with being true to God, and for God. Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory.
Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain; it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness.
Grief and constant anxiety kill nearly as many women as men die on the battlefield.
Hope is a pleasant acquaintance, but an unsafe friend.
I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens.
There can be to the ownership of anything no rightful title which is not derived from the title of the producer and does not rest upon the natural right of the man to himself.
My husband will never chase another woman. He's too fine, too decent, too old.
Man, unlike the animal, has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it.
I like liquor - its taste and its effects - and that is just the reason why I never drink it.
Where love is, no room is too small.
Chance never helps those who do not help themselves.
Silence is the unbearable repartee.
Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never happen.
If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.
No power is strong enough to be lasting if it labors under the weight of fear.
It is better for a woman to marry a man who loves her than a man she loves.
If we are not responsible for the thoughts that pass our doors, we are at least responsible for those we admit and entertain.