Who fathoms the Eternal Thought? Who talks of scheme and plan? The Lord is God! He needeth not The poor device of man.

From his cradle to the grave a man never does a single thing which has any first and foremost object save one-to secure peace of mind spiritual comfort for himself.

Sometimes we look so intently toward the pinnacle that we stumble over the steps leading to it. Development begins just where you are.

It takes immense genius to represent simply and sincerely what we see in front of us.

Better fare hard with good men than feast with bad.

We take care of our health we lay up money we make our roof tight and our clothing sufficient but who provides wisely that he shall not be wanting in the best property of all-friends.

It is a good thing to be rich it is a good thing to be strong but it is a better thing to be beloved of many friends.

Without friends no one would choose to live though he had all other goods.

Life appears to me too short to be spent in nursing animosity or registering wrong.

Your flag and my flag And how it flies today In your land and my land And half a world away! Rose-red and blood-reed The stripes forever gleam Snow-white and soul-white - The good forefathers' drea...

Fear is like fire. If controlled it will help you if uncontrolled it will rise up and destroy you. Men's actions depend to a great extent upon fear. We do things either because we enjoy doing them o...

Fortune is fickle and soon asks back what he has given.

He that hath the name to be an early riser may sleep till noon.

A sign of a celebrity is often that his name is worth more than his services.

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves and under a just God cannot long retain it.

Man would be "otherwise." That's the essence of the specifically human.

Luck affects everything. Let your hook be always cast. In the stream where you least expect it there will be fish.

I don't generally feel anything until noon then it's time for my nap.

There are some great roles - mostly in Shakespeare's tragedies which no one can play at full strength from beginning to end. One simply hopes that one can hit the peaks as often as one has the strengt...

Achilles absent was Achilles still.