One thought driven home is better than three left on base.

Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.

You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Some people drink deeply from the fountain of knowledge, while some others only gargle.

Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you, not because they are nice, but because you are.

A wretched soul, bruised with adversity. -The Comedy of Errors. Act ii. Sc. 1.

Why then, can one desire too much of a good thing?

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things--trout as well as eternal salvation--come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easy.

Men don't like nobility in woman. Not any men. I suppose it is because the men like to have the copyrights on nobility -- if there is going to be anything like that in a relationship.

The mere fact that you have obstacles to overcome is in your favor...

If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.

Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even

A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

Worry gives a small thing a big shadow.

Some decent regulated pre-eminence, some preference given to birth, is neither unnatural, nor unjust, nor impolite.

Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value. -- Marechal Ferdinand Foch, Professor of Strategy, Ecole Superieure de Guerre.

The dying swan, when years her temples pierce, In music-strains breathes out her life and verse, And, chanting her own dirge, tides on her wat'ry hearse.

I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.

If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.